diff --git a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania/UI/Column.cs b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania/UI/Column.cs
index c582eb1c75..0fdefe6dc9 100644
--- a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania/UI/Column.cs
+++ b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania/UI/Column.cs
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ using osu.Game.Rulesets.UI.Scrolling;
 using osu.Game.Skinning;
 using osuTK;
 using osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania.Beatmaps;
+using osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania.Objects.Drawables.Pieces;
 
 namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania.UI
 {
@@ -145,10 +146,21 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania.UI
         {
             var pos = ScrollingInfo.Algorithm.PositionAt(time, Time.Current, ScrollingInfo.TimeRange.Value, HitObjectContainer.DrawHeight);
 
-            if (ScrollingInfo.Direction.Value == ScrollingDirection.Down)
+            switch (ScrollingInfo.Direction.Value)
             {
-                // as explained above
-                pos = HitObjectContainer.DrawHeight - pos;
+                case ScrollingDirection.Down:
+                    // We're dealing with screen coordinates in which the position decreases towards the centre of the screen resulting in an increase in start time.
+                    // The scrolling algorithm instead assumes a top anchor meaning an increase in time corresponds to an increase in position,
+                    // so when scrolling downwards the coordinates need to be flipped.
+                    pos = HitObjectContainer.DrawHeight - pos;
+
+                    // Blueprints are centred on the mouse position, such that the hitobject position is anchored at the top or bottom of the blueprint depending on the scroll direction.
+                    pos -= DefaultNotePiece.NOTE_HEIGHT / 2;
+                    break;
+
+                case ScrollingDirection.Up:
+                    pos += DefaultNotePiece.NOTE_HEIGHT / 2;
+                    break;
             }
 
             return HitObjectContainer.ToScreenSpace(new Vector2(HitObjectContainer.DrawWidth / 2, pos));
@@ -159,15 +171,42 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania.UI
             // convert to local space of column so we can snap and fetch correct location.
             Vector2 localPosition = HitObjectContainer.ToLocalSpace(screenSpacePosition);
 
-            if (ScrollingInfo.Direction.Value == ScrollingDirection.Down)
+            switch (ScrollingInfo.Direction.Value)
             {
-                // We're dealing with screen coordinates in which the position decreases towards the centre of the screen resulting in an increase in start time.
-                // The scrolling algorithm instead assumes a top anchor meaning an increase in time corresponds to an increase in position,
-                // so when scrolling downwards the coordinates need to be flipped.
-                localPosition.Y = HitObjectContainer.DrawHeight - localPosition.Y;
+                case ScrollingDirection.Down:
+                    // as above
+                    localPosition.Y = HitObjectContainer.DrawHeight - localPosition.Y;
+                    break;
             }
 
+            // offset for the fact that blueprints are centered, as above.
+            localPosition.Y -= DefaultNotePiece.NOTE_HEIGHT / 2;
+
             return ScrollingInfo.Algorithm.TimeAt(localPosition.Y, Time.Current, ScrollingInfo.TimeRange.Value, HitObjectContainer.DrawHeight);
         }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Converts a mouse position to a hitobject position.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <remarks>
+        /// Blueprints are centred on the mouse position, such that the hitobject position is anchored at the top or bottom of the blueprint depending on the scroll direction.
+        /// </remarks>
+        /// <param name="mousePosition">The mouse position.</param>
+        /// <returns>The resulting hitobject position, acnhored at the top or bottom of the blueprint depending on the scroll direction.</returns>
+        private Vector2 mouseToHitObjectPosition(Vector2 mousePosition)
+        {
+            switch (ScrollingInfo.Direction.Value)
+            {
+                case ScrollingDirection.Up:
+                    mousePosition.Y -= DefaultNotePiece.NOTE_HEIGHT / 2;
+                    break;
+
+                case ScrollingDirection.Down:
+                    mousePosition.Y += DefaultNotePiece.NOTE_HEIGHT / 2;
+                    break;
+            }
+
+            return mousePosition;
+        }
     }
 }