diff --git a/qhtcp-workflow/apps/r/calculate_interaction_zscores.R b/qhtcp-workflow/apps/r/calculate_interaction_zscores.R
index 6a6c0c8d..36f177a4 100644
--- a/qhtcp-workflow/apps/r/calculate_interaction_zscores.R
+++ b/qhtcp-workflow/apps/r/calculate_interaction_zscores.R
@@ -389,51 +389,56 @@ generate_and_save_plots <- function(output_dir, file_name, plot_configs, grid_la
   saveWidget(combined_plot, file = file.path(output_dir, paste0(file_name, ".html")), selfcontained = TRUE)
 }
 
-generate_scatter_plot <- function(plot, config) {
-  plot <- if (!is.null(config$delta_bg_point) && config$delta_bg_point) {
-    plot + geom_point(aes(x = !!sym(config$x_var), y = !!sym(config$y_var),
-      color = as.factor(!!sym(config$color_var)),
-      text = paste("ORF:", OrfRep, "Gene:", Gene, "delta_bg:", delta_bg)),
-      shape = config$shape %||% 3)
-  } else if (!is.null(config$gene_point) && config$gene_point) {
-    plot + geom_point(aes(x = !!sym(config$x_var), y = !!sym(config$y_var),
-      color = as.factor(!!sym(config$color_var)),
-      text = paste("ORF:", OrfRep, "Gene:", Gene)),
-      shape = config$shape %||% 3, position = "jitter")
-  } else if (!is.null(config$position) && config$position == "jitter") {
-    plot + geom_point(aes(x = !!sym(config$x_var), y = !!sym(config$y_var),
-      color = as.factor(!!sym(config$color_var))),
-      shape = config$shape %||% 3, size = config$size %||% 0.2, position = "jitter")
-  } else {
-    plot + geom_point(aes(x = !!sym(config$x_var), y = !!sym(config$y_var),
-      color = as.factor(!!sym(config$color_var))),
-      shape = config$shape %||% 3, size = config$size %||% 0.2)
-  }
+generate_scatter_plot <- function(plot, config, interactive = FALSE) {
+  
+  # Determine the base aesthetics
+  aes_params <- aes(
+    x = !!sym(config$x_var),
+    y = !!sym(config$y_var),
+    color = as.factor(!!sym(config$color_var)))
 
-  if (!is.null(config$add_smooth) && config$add_smooth) {
-    if (!is.null(config$lm_line)) {
-      plot <- plot + geom_abline(intercept = config$lm_line$intercept, slope = config$lm_line$slope)
-    } else {
-      plot <- plot + geom_smooth(method = "lm", se = FALSE)
+  # Add the interactive `text` aesthetic if `interactive` is TRUE
+  if (interactive) {
+    if (!is.null(config$delta_bg_point) && config$delta_bg_point) {
+      aes_params$text <- paste("ORF:", OrfRep, "Gene:", Gene, "delta_bg:", delta_bg)
+    } else if (!is.null(config$gene_point) && config$gene_point) {
+      aes_params$text <- paste("ORF:", OrfRep, "Gene:", Gene)
     }
   }
 
+  # Add the base geom_point layer
+  plot <- plot + geom_point(
+    aes_params, shape = config$shape %||% 3,
+    size = config$size %||% 0.2, 
+    position = if (!is.null(config$position) && config$position == "jitter") "jitter" else "identity")
+
+  # Add smooth line if specified
+  if (!is.null(config$add_smooth) && config$add_smooth) {
+    plot <- if (!is.null(config$lm_line)) {
+      plot + geom_abline(intercept = config$lm_line$intercept, slope = config$lm_line$slope)
+    } else {
+      plot + geom_smooth(method = "lm", se = FALSE)
+    }
+  }
+
+  # Add x-axis customization if specified
   if (!is.null(config$x_breaks) && !is.null(config$x_labels) && !is.null(config$x_label)) {
     plot <- plot + scale_x_continuous(
       name = config$x_label,
       breaks = config$x_breaks,
-      labels = config$x_labels
-    )
+      labels = config$x_labels)
   }
 
+  # Add y-axis limits if specified
   if (!is.null(config$ylim_vals)) {
     plot <- plot + scale_y_continuous(limits = config$ylim_vals)
   }
 
+  # Add Cartesian coordinates customization if specified
   if (!is.null(config$coord_cartesian)) {
     plot <- plot + coord_cartesian(ylim = config$coord_cartesian)
   }
-  
+
   return(plot)
 }