diff --git a/apps/client/src/widgets/note_tree.ts b/apps/client/src/widgets/note_tree.ts
index 8f4ead199d..b70421ba3c 100644
--- a/apps/client/src/widgets/note_tree.ts
+++ b/apps/client/src/widgets/note_tree.ts
@@ -353,7 +353,7 @@ export default class NoteTreeWidget extends NoteContextAwareWidget {
         this.$tree.fancytree({
             titlesTabbable: true,
             keyboard: true,
-            toggleEffect: false,
+            toggleEffect: options.is("motionEnabled") ? undefined : false,
             extensions: ["dnd5", "clones", "filter"],
             source: treeData,
             scrollOfs: {