diff --git a/osu.Game/OsuGame.cs b/osu.Game/OsuGame.cs
index 1f823e6eba..c375ccda81 100644
--- a/osu.Game/OsuGame.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/OsuGame.cs
@@ -393,6 +393,8 @@ namespace osu.Game
 
         protected virtual Loader CreateLoader() => new Loader();
 
+        protected override Container CreateScalingContainer() => new ScalingContainer(ScalingMode.Everything);
+
         #region Beatmap progression
 
         private void beatmapChanged(ValueChangedEvent<WorkingBeatmap> beatmap)
diff --git a/osu.Game/OsuGameBase.cs b/osu.Game/OsuGameBase.cs
index 194a439b06..947df75783 100644
--- a/osu.Game/OsuGameBase.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/OsuGameBase.cs
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ using osu.Framework.Input;
 using osu.Framework.Logging;
 using osu.Game.Audio;
 using osu.Game.Database;
-using osu.Game.Graphics.Containers;
 using osu.Game.Input;
 using osu.Game.Input.Bindings;
 using osu.Game.IO;
@@ -228,7 +227,7 @@ namespace osu.Game
                 Child = content = new OsuTooltipContainer(MenuCursorContainer.Cursor) { RelativeSizeAxes = Axes.Both }
             };
 
-            base.Content.Add(new ScalingContainer(ScalingMode.Everything) { Child = MenuCursorContainer });
+            base.Content.Add(CreateScalingContainer().WithChild(MenuCursorContainer));
 
             KeyBindingStore.Register(globalBinding);
             dependencies.Cache(globalBinding);
@@ -238,6 +237,8 @@ namespace osu.Game
             Add(previewTrackManager);
         }
 
+        protected virtual Container CreateScalingContainer() => new DrawSizePreservingFillContainer();
+
         protected override void LoadComplete()
         {
             base.LoadComplete();