diff --git a/lib/crossword/game/crossword_game.dart b/lib/crossword/game/crossword_game.dart
index af8d3b7d8..1c5bd9b52 100644
--- a/lib/crossword/game/crossword_game.dart
+++ b/lib/crossword/game/crossword_game.dart
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import 'dart:async';
+import 'dart:ui';
 
 import 'package:flame/components.dart';
 import 'package:flame/debug.dart';
@@ -59,15 +60,22 @@ class CrosswordGame extends FlameGame with PanDetector {
     _updateVisibleSections();
 
     if (showDebugOverlay) {
-      await addAll(
-        [
-          FpsComponent(),
-          FpsTextComponent(),
-          ChildCounterComponent<SectionComponent>(
-            position: Vector2(0, 30),
-            target: world,
+      await add(
+        RectangleComponent(
+          size: Vector2(
+            200,
+            50,
           ),
-        ],
+          paint: Paint()..color = const Color(0xFF000000),
+          children: [
+            FpsComponent(),
+            FpsTextComponent(),
+            ChildCounterComponent<SectionComponent>(
+              position: Vector2(0, 30),
+              target: world,
+            ),
+          ],
+        ),
       );
     }
   }
diff --git a/test/crossword/game/crossword_game_test.dart b/test/crossword/game/crossword_game_test.dart
index d0675a857..dd8cc59dc 100644
--- a/test/crossword/game/crossword_game_test.dart
+++ b/test/crossword/game/crossword_game_test.dart
@@ -86,10 +86,12 @@ void main() {
         mockState(state);
 
         await game.ready();
-        expect(game.firstChild<FpsComponent>(), isNotNull);
-        expect(game.firstChild<FpsTextComponent>(), isNotNull);
+        expect(game.descendants().whereType<FpsComponent>(), isNotEmpty);
+        expect(game.descendants().whereType<FpsTextComponent>(), isNotNull);
         expect(
-          game.firstChild<ChildCounterComponent<SectionComponent>>(),
+          game
+              .descendants()
+              .whereType<ChildCounterComponent<SectionComponent>>(),
           isNotNull,
         );
       },