diff --git a/core/src/mindustry/ui/fragments/PlacementFragment.java b/core/src/mindustry/ui/fragments/PlacementFragment.java
index 081437ca39..b81ff4923c 100644
--- a/core/src/mindustry/ui/fragments/PlacementFragment.java
+++ b/core/src/mindustry/ui/fragments/PlacementFragment.java
@@ -401,13 +401,11 @@ public class PlacementFragment{
                 mainStack.update(() -> {
                     if(control.input.commandMode != wasCommandMode){
                         mainStack.clearChildren();
-                        if(!control.input.commandMode){
-                            mainStack.addChild(control.input.commandMode ? commandTable : blockCatTable);
+                        mainStack.addChild(control.input.commandMode ? commandTable : blockCatTable);
 
-                            //hacky, but forces command table to be same width as blocks
-                            if(control.input.commandMode){
-                                commandTable.getCells().peek().width(blockCatTable.getWidth());
-                            }
+                        //hacky, but forces command table to be same width as blocks
+                        if(control.input.commandMode){
+                            commandTable.getCells().peek().width(blockCatTable.getWidth());
                         }
 
                         wasCommandMode = control.input.commandMode;