diff --git a/src/cascadia/TerminalControl/TermControl.cpp b/src/cascadia/TerminalControl/TermControl.cpp
index cce85bddcc5..92f38d2db01 100644
--- a/src/cascadia/TerminalControl/TermControl.cpp
+++ b/src/cascadia/TerminalControl/TermControl.cpp
@@ -874,8 +874,8 @@ namespace winrt::Microsoft::Terminal::Control::implementation
             // _cursorTimer doesn't exist, and it would never turn on the
             // cursor. To mitigate, we'll initialize the cursor's 'on' state
             // with `_focused` here.
-            _core.CursorOn(_focused || DisplayCursorWhileBlurred);
-            if (DisplayCursorWhileBlurred)
+            _core.CursorOn(_focused || _DisplayCursorWhileBlurred);
+            if (_DisplayCursorWhileBlurred)
             {
                 _cursorTimer->Start();
             }
@@ -1753,7 +1753,7 @@ namespace winrt::Microsoft::Terminal::Control::implementation
             TSFInputControl().NotifyFocusLeave();
         }
 
-        if (_cursorTimer && !DisplayCursorWhileBlurred)
+        if (_cursorTimer && !_DisplayCursorWhileBlurred)
         {
             _cursorTimer->Stop();
             _core.CursorOn(false);
diff --git a/src/cascadia/TerminalControl/TermControl.h b/src/cascadia/TerminalControl/TermControl.h
index d6037c72097..301dd83c873 100644
--- a/src/cascadia/TerminalControl/TermControl.h
+++ b/src/cascadia/TerminalControl/TermControl.h
@@ -164,9 +164,7 @@ namespace winrt::Microsoft::Terminal::Control::implementation
         // clang-format on
 
         WINRT_OBSERVABLE_PROPERTY(winrt::Windows::UI::Xaml::Media::Brush, BackgroundBrush, _PropertyChangedHandlers, nullptr);
-
-    public:
-        til::property<bool> DisplayCursorWhileBlurred{ false };
+        WINRT_PROPERTY(bool, DisplayCursorWhileBlurred, false);
 
     private:
         friend struct TermControlT<TermControl>; // friend our parent so it can bind private event handlers