diff --git a/modules/behavior/breathe.js b/modules/behavior/breathe.js
index b3ebaf0ec..191165c2e 100644
--- a/modules/behavior/breathe.js
+++ b/modules/behavior/breathe.js
@@ -117,6 +117,7 @@ export function behaviorBreathe() {
 
         if (_done || currSelected.empty()) {
             _selected.call(reset);
+            _selected = d3_select(null);
             return;
         }
 
@@ -139,11 +140,14 @@ export function behaviorBreathe() {
                     surface.call(run, toFrom);
                     didCallNextRun = true;
                 }
+
+                // if entity was deselected, remove breathe styling
+                if (!d3_select(this).classed('selected')) {
+                    reset(d3_select(this));
+                }
             });
     }
 
-    var _isInstalled = false;
-
     function behavior(surface) {
         _done = false;
         _timer = d3_timer(function() {
@@ -156,11 +160,15 @@ export function behaviorBreathe() {
             _timer.stop();
             return true;
         }, 20);
-        _isInstalled = true;
     }
 
-    behavior.isInstalled = function() {
-        return _isInstalled;
+    behavior.restartIfNeeded = function(surface) {
+        if (_selected.empty()) {
+            surface.call(run, 'from');
+            if (_timer) {
+                _timer.stop();
+            }
+        }
     };
 
     behavior.off = function() {
@@ -171,7 +179,6 @@ export function behaviorBreathe() {
         _selected
             .interrupt()
             .call(reset);
-        _isInstalled = false;
     };
 
 
diff --git a/modules/modes/select.js b/modules/modes/select.js
index 723e76b3a..2b704fe13 100644
--- a/modules/modes/select.js
+++ b/modules/modes/select.js
@@ -321,7 +321,10 @@ export function modeSelect(context, selectedIDs) {
         context.map()
             .on('move.select', closeMenu)
             .on('drawn.select', selectElements)
-            .on('crossEditableZoom.select', selectElements);
+            .on('crossEditableZoom.select', function() {
+                selectElements();
+                breatheBehavior.restartIfNeeded(context.surface());
+            });
 
         context.surface()
             .on('dblclick.select', dblclick);
@@ -421,7 +424,7 @@ export function modeSelect(context, selectedIDs) {
             }
 
             if (context.map().withinEditableZoom()) {
-                // Only apply selection styling if not in wide selection
+                // Apply selection styling if not in wide selection
 
                 surface
                     .selectAll(utilDeepMemberSelector(selectedIDs, context.graph()))
@@ -429,15 +432,6 @@ export function modeSelect(context, selectedIDs) {
                 surface
                     .selectAll(utilEntityOrDeepMemberSelector(selectedIDs, context.graph()))
                     .classed('selected', true);
-
-                if (!breatheBehavior.isInstalled()) {
-                    context.install(breatheBehavior);
-                }
-
-            } else {
-                if (breatheBehavior.isInstalled()) {
-                    context.uninstall(breatheBehavior);
-                }
             }
 
         }