diff --git a/client/app/scripts/components/zoom-wrapper.js b/client/app/scripts/components/zoom-wrapper.js
index 8fb82f392e..8e848de86a 100644
--- a/client/app/scripts/components/zoom-wrapper.js
+++ b/client/app/scripts/components/zoom-wrapper.js
@@ -94,7 +94,9 @@ class ZoomWrapper extends React.Component {
 
   setZoomTriggers(zoomingEnabled) {
     if (zoomingEnabled) {
-      this.svg.call(this.zoom);
+      // use d3-zoom defaults but exclude double clicks
+      this.svg.call(this.zoom)
+        .on('dblclick.zoom', null);
     } else {
       this.svg.on('.zoom', null);
     }