diff --git a/plugins/CuraEngineBackend/CuraEngineBackend.py b/plugins/CuraEngineBackend/CuraEngineBackend.py
index ad3c859c20..867b9d927d 100644
--- a/plugins/CuraEngineBackend/CuraEngineBackend.py
+++ b/plugins/CuraEngineBackend/CuraEngineBackend.py
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ class CuraEngineBackend(Backend):
             try:
                 self._process.terminate()
                 self._process = None
-                self._createSocket() # Re create the socket
+                #self._createSocket() # Re create the socket
             except Exception as e: # terminating a process that is already terminating causes an exception, silently ignore this.
                 Logger.log("d", "Exception occured while trying to kill the engine %s", str(e))
             Logger.log("d", "Engine process is killed")
@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@ class CuraEngineBackend(Backend):
         self._terminate()
 
     def _onBackendQuit(self):
-        if not self._restart and self._process:
+        if not self._restart:
             Logger.log("d", "Backend quitted. Resetting process and socket.")
             self._process = None
             self._createSocket()