diff --git a/SHADE_Engine/src/Animation/SHAnimatorComponent.cpp b/SHADE_Engine/src/Animation/SHAnimatorComponent.cpp
index fb866cbb..294d8098 100644
--- a/SHADE_Engine/src/Animation/SHAnimatorComponent.cpp
+++ b/SHADE_Engine/src/Animation/SHAnimatorComponent.cpp
@@ -124,9 +124,13 @@ namespace SHADE
     std::fill(boneMatrices.begin(), boneMatrices.end(), SHMatrix::Identity);
 
     // Do not do anything if is not playing or there's nothing to animate
-    if (!isPlaying || !rig || !rig->GetRootNode())
+    if (!rig || !rig->GetRootNode())
       return;
 
+    // We want to still display a paused pose, so we only prevent progression
+    if (!isPlaying)
+      dt = 0.0f;
+
     // Update the animation controller if any, this will set the currClip
     if (animController)
     {
@@ -270,7 +274,7 @@ namespace SHADE
   void SHAnimatorComponent::updateCurrentAnimatorState(Handle<SHAnimationClip> clip, float playbackTime)
   {
     // Nothing to animate
-    if (!clip || !isPlaying || !rig || !rig->GetRootNode())
+    if (!clip || !rig || !rig->GetRootNode())
       return;
 
     // Check that we have animation data