diff --git a/packages/alphatab/src/AlphaTabApiBase.ts b/packages/alphatab/src/AlphaTabApiBase.ts
index 749e011e0..b80c8f7dd 100644
--- a/packages/alphatab/src/AlphaTabApiBase.ts
+++ b/packages/alphatab/src/AlphaTabApiBase.ts
@@ -3621,6 +3621,9 @@ export class AlphaTabApiBase<TSettings> {
 
         this._currentBeat = null;
         this._cursorUpdateTick(this._previousTick, false, 1, true, true);
+        if(this._selectionStart) {
+            this.highlightPlaybackRange(this._selectionStart.beat, this._selectionEnd!.beat);
+        }
 
         (this.postRenderFinished as EventEmitter).trigger();
         this.uiFacade.triggerEvent(this.container, 'postRenderFinished', null);