diff --git a/cura/CuraApplication.py b/cura/CuraApplication.py
index a9cafd4fc6..45221738be 100644
--- a/cura/CuraApplication.py
+++ b/cura/CuraApplication.py
@@ -585,16 +585,10 @@ class CuraApplication(QtApplication):
     def updatePlatformActivity(self, node = None):
         count = 0
         scene_bounding_box = None
-        should_pause = False
         for node in DepthFirstIterator(self.getController().getScene().getRoot()):
             if type(node) is not SceneNode or (not node.getMeshData() and not node.callDecoration("isBlockSlicing")):
                 continue
-            if node.callDecoration("isBlockSlicing"):
-                should_pause = True
-            gcode_list = node.callDecoration("getGCodeList")
-            if gcode_list is not None:
-                self.getController().getScene().gcode_list = gcode_list
-
+            
             count += 1
             if not scene_bounding_box:
                 scene_bounding_box = node.getBoundingBox()
@@ -603,16 +597,6 @@ class CuraApplication(QtApplication):
                 if other_bb is not None:
                     scene_bounding_box = scene_bounding_box + node.getBoundingBox()
 
-        print_information = self.getPrintInformation()
-        if should_pause:
-            self.getBackend().pauseSlicing()
-            if print_information:
-                print_information.setPreSliced(True)
-        else:
-            self.getBackend().continueSlicing()
-            if print_information:
-                print_information.setPreSliced(False)
-
         if not scene_bounding_box:
             scene_bounding_box = AxisAlignedBox.Null
 
diff --git a/plugins/CuraEngineBackend/CuraEngineBackend.py b/plugins/CuraEngineBackend/CuraEngineBackend.py
index 44009ae1de..93e2bd7c68 100644
--- a/plugins/CuraEngineBackend/CuraEngineBackend.py
+++ b/plugins/CuraEngineBackend/CuraEngineBackend.py
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ from UM.PluginRegistry import PluginRegistry
 from UM.Resources import Resources
 from UM.Settings.Validator import ValidatorState #To find if a setting is in an error state. We can't slice then.
 from UM.Platform import Platform
+from UM.Scene.Iterator.DepthFirstIterator import DepthFirstIterator
+
 
 import cura.Settings
 
@@ -313,6 +315,26 @@ class CuraEngineBackend(Backend):
         if source is self._scene.getRoot():
             return
 
+        application = Application.getInstance()
+
+        should_pause = False
+        for node in DepthFirstIterator(self._scene.getRoot()):
+            if node.callDecoration("isBlockSlicing"):
+                should_pause = True
+            gcode_list = node.callDecoration("getGCodeList")
+            if gcode_list is not None:
+                self._scene.gcode_list = gcode_list
+
+        print_information = application.getPrintInformation()
+        if should_pause:
+            self.pauseSlicing()
+            if print_information:
+                print_information.setPreSliced(True)
+        else:
+            self.continueSlicing()
+            if print_information:
+                print_information.setPreSliced(False)
+
         if source.getMeshData() is None:
             return