diff --git a/src/js/game/camera.js b/src/js/game/camera.js
index 234214af..fad36415 100644
--- a/src/js/game/camera.js
+++ b/src/js/game/camera.js
@@ -437,12 +437,8 @@ export class Camera extends BasicSerializableObject {
             return;
         }
 
-        const middleMousePressed = event.button === 1 && event.buttons === 4;
         this.touchPostMoveVelocity = new Vector(0, 0);
-        if (
-            event.button === 0 ||
-            (middleMousePressed && this.root.app.settings.getSetting("middleMouseScroll"))
-        ) {
+        if (event.button === 0) {
             this.combinedSingleTouchStartHandler(event.clientX, event.clientY);
         } else if (event.button === 1) {
             this.downPreHandler.dispatch(new Vector(event.clientX, event.clientY), enumMouseButton.middle);
@@ -466,7 +462,10 @@ export class Camera extends BasicSerializableObject {
             return;
         }
 
-        if (event.button === 0) {
+        if (
+            (!this.root.app.settings.getSetting("middleMousePan") && event.button === 0) ||
+            (this.root.app.settings.getSetting("middleMousePan") && event.button === 1)
+        ) {
             this.combinedSingleTouchMoveHandler(event.clientX, event.clientY);
         }
 
diff --git a/src/js/profile/application_settings.js b/src/js/profile/application_settings.js
index ad037f02..8421bb97 100644
--- a/src/js/profile/application_settings.js
+++ b/src/js/profile/application_settings.js
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ export const allApplicationSettings = [
     new BoolSetting("compactBuildingInfo", categoryGame, (app, value) => {}),
     new BoolSetting("disableCutDeleteWarnings", categoryGame, (app, value) => {}),
     new BoolSetting("rotationByBuilding", categoryGame, (app, value) => {}),
-    new BoolSetting("middleMouseScroll", categoryGame, (app, value) => {}),
+    new BoolSetting("middleMousePan", categoryGame, (app, value) => {}),
 ];
 
 export function getApplicationSettingById(id) {
@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ class SettingsStorage {
         this.compactBuildingInfo = false;
         this.disableCutDeleteWarnings = false;
         this.rotationByBuilding = true;
-        this.middleMouseScroll = false;
+        this.middleMousePan = false;
 
         this.enableColorBlindHelper = false;
 
diff --git a/translations/base-en.yaml b/translations/base-en.yaml
index 4daba3e9..fb5b7abf 100644
--- a/translations/base-en.yaml
+++ b/translations/base-en.yaml
@@ -774,10 +774,10 @@ settings:
             description: >-
                 Disables the warning dialogs brought up when cutting/deleting more than 100 entities.
 
-        middleMouseScroll:
-            title: Middle mouse scroll
+        middleMousePan:
+            title: Pan camera with middle click
             description: >-
-                Allows for scrolling with the middle mouse button in addition to left click.
+                Click with the middle mouse button instead of left click to pan the camera. Allows panning camera while a building is selected.
 
 keybindings:
     title: Keybindings