diff --git a/components/Carbon.js b/components/Carbon.js
index 2ab22e0..1509e6a 100644
--- a/components/Carbon.js
+++ b/components/Carbon.js
@@ -121,8 +121,7 @@ class Carbon extends React.PureComponent {
       extraKeys: {
         'Shift-Tab': 'indentLess'
       },
-      // negative values removes the cursor, undefined means default (530)
-      cursorBlinkRate: this.props.readOnly ? -1 : undefined,
+      readOnly: this.props.readOnly ? 'nocursor' : false,
       // needs to be able to refresh every 16ms to hit 60 frames / second
       pollInterval: 16
     }