diff --git a/changelog.txt b/changelog.txt
index 3e08b6f6..1cd6f9df 100644
--- a/changelog.txt
+++ b/changelog.txt
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ OPENSEADRAGON CHANGELOG
 * Removed textarea element from viewer DOM. Viewer.canvas now handles keyboard navigation (#569)
 * Removed 'position' property from MouseTracker keyDownHandler/keyUpHandler/keyHandler functions (#573)
 * Fixed pointer event model detection for IE 10 and IE 11 (#571)
+* Added setMouseNavEnabled() support to Navigator (#572)
 
 1.2.0:
 
diff --git a/src/navigator.js b/src/navigator.js
index 9e18d6ca..fb0756e8 100644
--- a/src/navigator.js
+++ b/src/navigator.js
@@ -52,8 +52,7 @@ $.Navigator = function( options ){
     var viewer      = options.viewer,
         _this = this,
         viewerSize,
-        navigatorSize,
-        unneededElement;
+        navigatorSize;
 
     //We may need to create a new element and id if they did not
     //provide the id for the existing element
@@ -168,24 +167,6 @@ $.Navigator = function( options ){
     this.displayRegionContainer.style.width = "100%";
     this.displayRegionContainer.style.height = "100%";
 
-    this.element.innerTracker = new $.MouseTracker({
-        element:         this.element,
-        dragHandler:     $.delegate( this, onCanvasDrag ),
-        clickHandler:    $.delegate( this, onCanvasClick ),
-        releaseHandler:  $.delegate( this, onCanvasRelease ),
-        scrollHandler:   $.delegate( this, onCanvasScroll )
-    }).setTracking( true );
-
-    /*this.displayRegion.outerTracker = new $.MouseTracker({
-        element:            this.container,
-        clickTimeThreshold: this.clickTimeThreshold,
-        clickDistThreshold: this.clickDistThreshold,
-        enterHandler:       $.delegate( this, onContainerEnter ),
-        exitHandler:        $.delegate( this, onContainerExit ),
-        releaseHandler:     $.delegate( this, onContainerRelease )
-    }).setTracking( this.mouseNavEnabled ? true : false ); // always tracking*/
-
-
     viewer.addControl(
         this.element,
         options.controlOptions
@@ -211,10 +192,6 @@ $.Navigator = function( options ){
 
     this.displayRegionContainer.appendChild(this.displayRegion);
     this.element.getElementsByTagName('div')[0].appendChild(this.displayRegionContainer);
-    unneededElement = this.element.getElementsByTagName('textarea')[0];
-    if (unneededElement) {
-        unneededElement.parentNode.removeChild(unneededElement);
-    }
 
     if (options.navigatorRotate)
     {
@@ -223,8 +200,18 @@ $.Navigator = function( options ){
             _setTransformRotate(_this.displayRegion, -args.degrees);
             _this.viewport.setRotation(args.degrees);
         });
-
     }
+
+    // Remove the base class' (Viewer's) innerTracker and replace it with our own
+    this.innerTracker.destroy();
+    this.innerTracker = new $.MouseTracker({
+        element:         this.element,
+        dragHandler:     $.delegate( this, onCanvasDrag ),
+        clickHandler:    $.delegate( this, onCanvasClick ),
+        releaseHandler:  $.delegate( this, onCanvasRelease ),
+        scrollHandler:   $.delegate( this, onCanvasScroll )
+    }).setTracking( true );
+
 };
 
 $.extend( $.Navigator.prototype, $.EventSource.prototype, $.Viewer.prototype, /** @lends OpenSeadragon.Navigator.prototype */{