diff --git a/plugins/SimulationView/SimulationPass.py b/plugins/SimulationView/SimulationPass.py
index f779224203..080b02bd9e 100644
--- a/plugins/SimulationView/SimulationPass.py
+++ b/plugins/SimulationView/SimulationPass.py
@@ -153,7 +153,8 @@ class SimulationPass(RenderPass):
                         # In the current layer, we show just the indicated paths
                         if layer == self._layer_view._current_layer_num:
                             # We look for the position of the head, searching the point of the current path
-                            index = int(self._layer_view.getCurrentPath()) if self._layer_view.getCurrentPath() else 0
+                            index = int(self._layer_view.getCurrentPath()) if not math.isnan(
+                                self._layer_view.getCurrentPath()) else 0
                             for polygon in layer_data.getLayer(layer).polygons:
                                 # The size indicates all values in the two-dimension array, and the second dimension is
                                 # always size 3 because we have 3D points.
diff --git a/plugins/SimulationView/SimulationView.py b/plugins/SimulationView/SimulationView.py
index 2573c84cb9..10b68edaa0 100644
--- a/plugins/SimulationView/SimulationView.py
+++ b/plugins/SimulationView/SimulationView.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 # Copyright (c) 2021 Ultimaker B.V.
 # Cura is released under the terms of the LGPLv3 or higher.
+import math
 import sys
 
 from PyQt6.QtCore import Qt
@@ -216,7 +217,8 @@ class SimulationView(CuraView):
                 Logger.warn(
                     f"Binary search error (out of bounds): index {i}: left value {left_value} right value {right_value} and current time is {self._current_time}")
 
-            fractional_value = (self._current_time - left_value) / (right_value - left_value)
+            segment_duration = right_value - left_value
+            fractional_value = 0.0 if segment_duration == 0.0 else (self._current_time - left_value) / segment_duration
 
             self.setPath(i + fractional_value)