--- a/plugins/cube/cube.cpp
+++ b/plugins/cube/cube.cpp
@@ -1628,29 +1628,31 @@
 
     void pointer_scrolled(double amount)
     {
-        if (animation.in_exit)
-        {
-            return;
-        }
-
-        animation.cube_animation.offset_y.restart_with_end(
-            animation.cube_animation.offset_y.end);
-        animation.cube_animation.offset_z.restart_with_end(
-            animation.cube_animation.offset_z.end);
-        animation.cube_animation.rotation.restart_with_end(
-            animation.cube_animation.rotation.end);
-        animation.cube_animation.ease_deformation.restart_with_end(
-            animation.cube_animation.ease_deformation.end);
-
-        float target_zoom = animation.cube_animation.zoom;
-        float start_zoom  = target_zoom;
-
-        target_zoom +=
-            std::min(std::pow(target_zoom, 1.5f), ZOOM_MAX) * amount * ZVelocity;
-        target_zoom = std::min(std::max(target_zoom, ZOOM_MIN), ZOOM_MAX);
-        animation.cube_animation.zoom.set(start_zoom, target_zoom);
-
-        start_animation();
+        if (animation.in_exit || !std::isfinite(amount) || (amount == 0))
+        {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        // Wheel input changes scale directly, just as dragging changes pose.
+        // Restarting the shared clock also replays the overview fit, and
+        // retargeting an interpolated zoom loses closely spaced wheel deltas.
+        // Equal input changes scale by an equal ratio at every zoom level;
+        // opposite input restores the scale unless a bound was reached.
+        const double current_zoom = animation.cube_animation.zoom;
+        const double log_zoom = wf::clamp(std::log(current_zoom) + amount * ZVelocity,
+            std::log(double(ZOOM_MIN)), std::log(double(ZOOM_MAX)));
+        const double target_zoom = std::exp(log_zoom);
+        if (target_zoom == current_zoom)
+        {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        animation.cube_animation.zoom.set(target_zoom, target_zoom);
+        update_view_matrix();
+        if (render_node)
+        {
+            wf::scene::damage_node(render_node, render_node->get_bounding_box());
+        }
         output->render->schedule_redraw();
     }