diff --git a/sdk/jme3-scenecomposer/src/com/jme3/gde/scenecomposer/SceneComposerToolController.java b/sdk/jme3-scenecomposer/src/com/jme3/gde/scenecomposer/SceneComposerToolController.java
index 2a3bbe647..8dd2b5f33 100644
--- a/sdk/jme3-scenecomposer/src/com/jme3/gde/scenecomposer/SceneComposerToolController.java
+++ b/sdk/jme3-scenecomposer/src/com/jme3/gde/scenecomposer/SceneComposerToolController.java
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ public class SceneComposerToolController extends SceneToolController {
             onTopToolsNode.updateGeometricState();
         }
         if (editTool != null) {
-            editTool.updateToolsTransformation();
+            editTool.doUpdateToolsTransformation();
         }
 
     }
@@ -154,13 +154,7 @@ public class SceneComposerToolController extends SceneToolController {
 
     public void selectedSpatialTransformed() {
         if (editTool != null) {
-            SceneApplication.getApplication().enqueue(new Callable<Object>() {
-
-                public Object call() throws Exception {
-                    editTool.updateToolsTransformation();
-                    return null;
-                }
-            });
+            editTool.updateToolsTransformation();
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/sdk/jme3-scenecomposer/src/com/jme3/gde/scenecomposer/SceneEditTool.java b/sdk/jme3-scenecomposer/src/com/jme3/gde/scenecomposer/SceneEditTool.java
index 967acc63b..6f8bee479 100644
--- a/sdk/jme3-scenecomposer/src/com/jme3/gde/scenecomposer/SceneEditTool.java
+++ b/sdk/jme3-scenecomposer/src/com/jme3/gde/scenecomposer/SceneEditTool.java
@@ -123,25 +123,31 @@ public abstract class SceneEditTool {
     /**
      * Called when the selected spatial has been modified
      * outside of the tool.
+     * TODO: why? just move the tool where the object is each frame?
      */
     public void updateToolsTransformation() {
 
         SceneApplication.getApplication().enqueue(new Callable<Object>() {
 
             public Object call() throws Exception {
-                if (toolController.getSelectedSpatial() != null) {
-                    axisMarker.setLocalTranslation(toolController.getSelectedSpatial().getWorldTranslation());
-                    axisMarker.setLocalRotation(toolController.getSelectedSpatial().getWorldRotation());
-                    setAxisMarkerScale(toolController.getSelectedSpatial());
-                } else {
-                    axisMarker.setLocalTranslation(Vector3f.ZERO);
-                    axisMarker.setLocalRotation(Quaternion.IDENTITY);
-                }
+                doUpdateToolsTransformation();
                 return null;
             }
+
         });
     }
 
+    public void doUpdateToolsTransformation() {
+        if (toolController.getSelectedSpatial() != null) {
+            axisMarker.setLocalTranslation(toolController.getSelectedSpatial().getWorldTranslation());
+            axisMarker.setLocalRotation(toolController.getSelectedSpatial().getWorldRotation());
+            setAxisMarkerScale(toolController.getSelectedSpatial());
+        } else {
+            axisMarker.setLocalTranslation(Vector3f.ZERO);
+            axisMarker.setLocalRotation(Quaternion.IDENTITY);
+        }
+    }
+    
     /**
      * Adjust the scale of the marker so it is relative to the size of the
      * selected spatial. It will have a minimum scale of 2.
diff --git a/sdk/jme3-scenecomposer/src/com/jme3/gde/scenecomposer/tools/MoveTool.java b/sdk/jme3-scenecomposer/src/com/jme3/gde/scenecomposer/tools/MoveTool.java
index 956fd2140..7ac7d0ca5 100644
--- a/sdk/jme3-scenecomposer/src/com/jme3/gde/scenecomposer/tools/MoveTool.java
+++ b/sdk/jme3-scenecomposer/src/com/jme3/gde/scenecomposer/tools/MoveTool.java
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ public class MoveTool extends SceneEditTool {
         if (character != null) {
             character.setPhysicsLocation(toolController.getSelectedSpatial().getWorldTranslation());
         }
-        updateToolsTransformation();
+        doUpdateToolsTransformation();
         
         wasDragging = true;
     }
diff --git a/sdk/jme3-scenecomposer/src/com/jme3/gde/scenecomposer/tools/ScaleTool.java b/sdk/jme3-scenecomposer/src/com/jme3/gde/scenecomposer/tools/ScaleTool.java
index 0fd0bf315..0219ea16c 100644
--- a/sdk/jme3-scenecomposer/src/com/jme3/gde/scenecomposer/tools/ScaleTool.java
+++ b/sdk/jme3-scenecomposer/src/com/jme3/gde/scenecomposer/tools/ScaleTool.java
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ public class ScaleTool extends SceneEditTool {
             Vector3f scale = toolController.getSelectedSpatial().getLocalScale().add(diff, diff, diff);
             lastScale = scale;
             toolController.getSelectedSpatial().setLocalScale(scale);
-            updateToolsTransformation();
+            doUpdateToolsTransformation();
         }
         
         wasDragging = true;
diff --git a/sdk/jme3-scenecomposer/src/com/jme3/gde/scenecomposer/tools/SelectTool.java b/sdk/jme3-scenecomposer/src/com/jme3/gde/scenecomposer/tools/SelectTool.java
index c84a84317..8dfaaa482 100644
--- a/sdk/jme3-scenecomposer/src/com/jme3/gde/scenecomposer/tools/SelectTool.java
+++ b/sdk/jme3-scenecomposer/src/com/jme3/gde/scenecomposer/tools/SelectTool.java
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ public class SelectTool extends SceneEditTool {
             });
 
             if (result != null) {
-                updateToolsTransformation();
+                doUpdateToolsTransformation();
             }
         }