diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index cc6c365..bdafc7d 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ Fixes
 - Fixed auto-nav tooltip displaying on the selected element even when not in auto-nav mode
 - Fixed radio buttons not unchecking all other radio buttons with the same root element
 - Fixed elements not being deselected when removed through RemoveChild
+- Fixed elements sometimes staying hidden when they shouldn't in scrolling panels
 
 Removals
 - Marked old Draw and DrawTransformed overloads as obsolete in favor of SpriteBatchContext ones
diff --git a/MLEM.Ui/Elements/Element.cs b/MLEM.Ui/Elements/Element.cs
index aa8f883..91141e5 100644
--- a/MLEM.Ui/Elements/Element.cs
+++ b/MLEM.Ui/Elements/Element.cs
@@ -901,13 +901,14 @@ namespace MLEM.Ui.Elements {
         }
 
         /// <summary>
-        /// Updates this element and all of its <see cref="GetRelevantChildren"/>
+        /// Updates this element and all of its <see cref="SortedChildren"/>
         /// </summary>
         /// <param name="time">The game's time</param>
         public virtual void Update(GameTime time) {
             this.System.InvokeOnElementUpdated(this, time);
 
-            foreach (var child in this.GetRelevantChildren()) {
+            // update all sorted children, not just relevant ones, because they might become relevant or irrelevant through updates
+            foreach (var child in this.SortedChildren) {
                 if (child.System != null)
                     child.Update(time);
             }
diff --git a/MLEM.Ui/Elements/Paragraph.cs b/MLEM.Ui/Elements/Paragraph.cs
index 1d29a06..9c34142 100644
--- a/MLEM.Ui/Elements/Paragraph.cs
+++ b/MLEM.Ui/Elements/Paragraph.cs
@@ -59,8 +59,13 @@ namespace MLEM.Ui.Elements {
             set {
                 if (this.text != value) {
                     this.text = value;
-                    this.forceHide = string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(this.text);
                     this.SetTextDirty();
+                    
+                    var force = string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(this.text);
+                    if (this.forceHide != force) {
+                        this.forceHide = force;
+                        this.SetAreaDirty();
+                    }
                 }
             }
         }