diff --git a/src/kiri/print.js b/src/kiri/print.js
index be7d99a3..6ca50dc9 100644
--- a/src/kiri/print.js
+++ b/src/kiri/print.js
@@ -538,7 +538,15 @@
         }
 
         function retract() {
-            if (preout.length) preout.last().retract = true;
+            if (preout.length) {
+                preout.last().retract = true;
+            } else if (output.length) {
+                output.last().retract = true;
+            } else if (opt.pretract) {
+                opt.pretract();
+            } else {
+                console.log('unable to retract. no preout or output');
+            }
         }
 
         function intersectsTop(p1, p2) {
diff --git a/src/mode/fdm/prepare.js b/src/mode/fdm/prepare.js
index f2200066..f0690568 100644
--- a/src/mode/fdm/prepare.js
+++ b/src/mode/fdm/prepare.js
@@ -218,6 +218,7 @@
             }
         }
 
+        let lastLayer;
         let extruders = [];
         let extcount = 0;
 
@@ -391,21 +392,24 @@
                 if (!lastOut || lastOut.extruder !== slice.extruder) {
                     printPoint = purge(slice.extruder, track, layerout, printPoint, slice.z);
                 }
-                let tmpout = [];
                 let wtb = slice.widget.track.box;
                 // output seek to start point between mesh slices if previous data
                 printPoint = print.slicePrintPath(
                     slice,
                     isBelt ? newPoint(-wtb.w, wtb.d * 2, 0) : printPoint.sub(offset),
                     offset,
-                    tmpout, //layerout,
+                    layerout,
                     {
                         first: slice.index === 0,
                         support: slice.widget.support,
-                        onBelt: slice.onbelt
+                        onBelt: slice.onbelt,
+                        pretract: () => {
+                            if (lastLayer && lastLayer.length) {
+                                lastLayer.last().retract = true;
+                            }
+                        }
                     }
                 );
-                layerout.appendAll(tmpout);
                 lastOut = slice;
                 lastExt = lastOut.ext
                 if (layerRetract && layerout.length) {
@@ -435,6 +439,7 @@
             layerout.layer = layerno++;
             update((layerno / cake.length) * 0.5, "prepare");
 
+            lastLayer = layerout;
             slices = [];
             layerout = [];
             lastOut = undefined;