diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 4d670e6..21bd3e9 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,12 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/).
 
+## [0.2.9] 2024-06-30
+
+* Set LineView's MouseFilter to 'ignore' to avoid interfering with clicks.  
+* Fix an issue where 'use fade effect' would cause the ConvertBBCodeToHTML feature to stop working while the text was fading out. 
+* Set the LineView to Visible=False when marking its alpha as 0.
+
 ## [0.2.8] 2024-05-24
 * Fix Yarn commands not supporting methods with optional arguments (by @spirifoxy)
 * Update Visual Novel sample to make use of this fix
diff --git a/addons/YarnSpinner-Godot/Runtime/Views/LineView.cs b/addons/YarnSpinner-Godot/Runtime/Views/LineView.cs
index cc19016..1686aa7 100644
--- a/addons/YarnSpinner-Godot/Runtime/Views/LineView.cs
+++ b/addons/YarnSpinner-Godot/Runtime/Views/LineView.cs
@@ -280,6 +280,7 @@ private void SetViewAlpha(float alpha)
             var color = viewControl.Modulate;
             color.A = alpha;
             viewControl.Modulate = color;
+            viewControl.Visible = alpha != 0f;
         }
 
         /// <inheritdoc/>
@@ -292,9 +293,6 @@ public void DismissLine(Action onDismissalComplete)
 
         private async void DismissLineInternal(Action onDismissalComplete)
         {
-            // disabling interaction temporarily while dismissing the line
-            // we don't want people to interrupt a dismissal
-            var interactable = viewControl.Visible;
             SetCanvasInteractable(false);
 
             // If we're using a fade effect, run it, and wait for it to finish.
@@ -305,7 +303,6 @@ private async void DismissLineInternal(Action onDismissalComplete)
             }
 
             SetViewAlpha(0f);
-            SetCanvasInteractable(interactable);
             if (onDismissalComplete != null)
             {
                 onDismissalComplete();
@@ -342,6 +339,7 @@ public void InterruptLine(LocalizedLine dialogueLine, Action onInterruptLineFini
                 characterNameText.Text = dialogueLine.CharacterName;
                 lineText.Text = dialogueLine.TextWithoutCharacterName.Text;
             }
+            ConvertHTMLToBBCodeIfConfigured();
 
 
             // Show the entire line's text immediately.
@@ -369,9 +367,10 @@ public void RunLine(LocalizedLine dialogueLine, Action onDialogueLineFinished)
                         {
                             errorMessage = failedTask.Exception.ToString();
                         }
+
                         GD.PushError($"Error while running {nameof(RunLineInternal)}: {errorMessage}");
-                    }, 
-                TaskContinuationOptions.OnlyOnFaulted);
+                    },
+                    TaskContinuationOptions.OnlyOnFaulted);
         }
 
         private async Task RunLineInternal(LocalizedLine dialogueLine, Action onDialogueLineFinished)
@@ -379,10 +378,8 @@ private async Task RunLineInternal(LocalizedLine dialogueLine, Action onDialogue
             async Task PresentLine()
             {
                 lineText.Visible = true;
-                viewControl.Visible = true;
-                var color = viewControl.Modulate;
-                color.A = 1f;
-                viewControl.Modulate = color;
+                SetCanvasInteractable(true);
+                SetViewAlpha(1f);
 
                 // Hide the continue button until presentation is complete (if
                 // we have one).
@@ -437,17 +434,7 @@ async Task PresentLine()
                     lineText.Text = text.Text;
                 }
 
-                if (ConvertHTMLToBBCode)
-                {
-                    const string htmlTagPattern = @"<(.*?)>";
-                    if (characterNameText != null)
-                    {
-                        characterNameText.Text = Regex.Replace(characterNameText.Text, htmlTagPattern, "[$1]");
-                    }
-            
-                    lineText.Text = Regex.Replace(lineText.Text, htmlTagPattern, "[$1]");
-                }
-
+                ConvertHTMLToBBCodeIfConfigured();
                 if (useTypewriterEffect)
                 {
                     // If we're using the typewriter effect, hide all of the
@@ -481,9 +468,7 @@ async Task PresentLine()
                 {
                     var pauses = LineView.GetPauseDurationsInsideLine(text);
                     // setting the canvas all back to its defaults because if we didn't also fade we don't have anything visible
-                    color = viewControl.Modulate;
-                    color.A = 1f;
-                    viewControl.Modulate = color;
+                    SetViewAlpha(1f);
                     SetCanvasInteractable(true);
                     await Effects.PausableTypewriter(
                         lineText,
@@ -501,7 +486,7 @@ await Effects.PausableTypewriter(
 
             // Run any presentations as a single async Task. If this is stopped,
             // which UserRequestedViewAdvancement can do, then we will stop all
-            // of the animations at once.
+            // the animations at once.
             await PresentLine();
 
             if (!IsInstanceValid(this))
@@ -551,6 +536,25 @@ await Effects.PausableTypewriter(
             onDialogueLineFinished();
         }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// If <see cref="ConvertHTMLToBBCode"/> is true, replace any HTML tags in the line text and
+        /// character name text with BBCode tags.
+        /// </summary>
+        private void ConvertHTMLToBBCodeIfConfigured()
+        {
+            if (ConvertHTMLToBBCode)
+            {
+                const string htmlTagPattern = @"<(.*?)>";
+                if (characterNameText != null)
+                {
+                    characterNameText.Text = Regex.Replace(characterNameText.Text, htmlTagPattern, "[$1]");
+                }
+
+                lineText.Text = Regex.Replace(lineText.Text, htmlTagPattern, "[$1]");
+            }
+
+        }
+
         private void SetCanvasInteractable(bool b)
         {
             if (!IsInstanceValid(viewControl))
@@ -560,7 +564,6 @@ private void SetCanvasInteractable(bool b)
 
             viewControl.MouseFilter = b ? Control.MouseFilterEnum.Pass : Control.MouseFilterEnum.Ignore;
             viewControl.SetProcessInput(b);
-            viewControl.Visible = b;
         }
 
         /// <inheritdoc/>
diff --git a/addons/YarnSpinner-Godot/Scenes/DefaultDialogueSystem.tscn b/addons/YarnSpinner-Godot/Scenes/DefaultDialogueSystem.tscn
index c378e28..ffaac70 100644
--- a/addons/YarnSpinner-Godot/Scenes/DefaultDialogueSystem.tscn
+++ b/addons/YarnSpinner-Godot/Scenes/DefaultDialogueSystem.tscn
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ anchor_right = 1.0
 anchor_bottom = 1.0
 grow_horizontal = 2
 grow_vertical = 2
+mouse_filter = 2
 script = ExtResource("3")
 viewControlPath = NodePath("ViewControl")
 useFadeEffect = false
diff --git a/addons/YarnSpinner-Godot/plugin.cfg b/addons/YarnSpinner-Godot/plugin.cfg
index 3a1bfd3..2ed4ae5 100644
--- a/addons/YarnSpinner-Godot/plugin.cfg
+++ b/addons/YarnSpinner-Godot/plugin.cfg
@@ -3,5 +3,5 @@
 name="YarnSpinner-Godot"
 description="Yarn language based dialogue system plugin for Godot"
 author="dogboydog"
-version="0.2.8"
+version="0.2.9"
 script="YarnSpinnerPlugin.cs"