diff --git a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Catch/UI/CatcherArea.cs b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Catch/UI/CatcherArea.cs
index 2bb0f3cd18..988ca1c36e 100644
--- a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Catch/UI/CatcherArea.cs
+++ b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Catch/UI/CatcherArea.cs
@@ -190,15 +190,15 @@ public void Add(DrawableHitObject fruit)
             /// <returns>Whether the catch is possible.</returns>
             public bool AttemptCatch(CatchHitObject fruit)
             {
-                const double relative_catcher_width = CATCHER_SIZE / 2;
+                double halfCatcherWidth = CATCHER_SIZE * Math.Abs(Scale.X) * 0.5f;
 
                 // this stuff wil disappear once we move fruit to non-relative coordinate space in the future.
                 var catchObjectPosition = fruit.X * CatchPlayfield.BASE_WIDTH;
                 var catcherPosition = Position.X * CatchPlayfield.BASE_WIDTH;
 
                 var validCatch =
-                    catchObjectPosition >= catcherPosition - relative_catcher_width / 2 &&
-                    catchObjectPosition <= catcherPosition + relative_catcher_width / 2;
+                    catchObjectPosition >= catcherPosition - halfCatcherWidth &&
+                    catchObjectPosition <= catcherPosition + halfCatcherWidth;
 
                 if (validCatch && fruit.HyperDash)
                 {