diff --git a/frontend/src/app/socketio/emitters.ts b/frontend/src/app/socketio/emitters.ts
index fcae683e82..de097dc2ce 100644
--- a/frontend/src/app/socketio/emitters.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/app/socketio/emitters.ts
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ import {
 import { OptionsState } from 'features/options/optionsSlice';
 import {
   addLogEntry,
+  generationRequested,
   modelChangeRequested,
+  setCurrentStatus,
   setIsProcessing,
 } from 'features/system/systemSlice';
 import { InvokeTabName } from 'features/tabs/InvokeTabs';
@@ -52,24 +54,7 @@ const makeSocketIOEmitters = (
           systemState,
         };
 
-      // if (generationMode === 'inpainting') {
-      //   const initialCanvasImage = initialCanvasImageSelector(getState());
-      //   const imageUrl = initialCanvasImage?.image.url;
-
-      //   if (!imageUrl) {
-      //     dispatch(
-      //       addLogEntry({
-      //         timestamp: dateFormat(new Date(), 'isoDateTime'),
-      //         message: 'Inpainting image not loaded, cannot generate image.',
-      //         level: 'error',
-      //       })
-      //     );
-      //     dispatch(errorOccurred());
-      //     return;
-      //   }
-
-      //   frontendToBackendParametersConfig.imageToProcessUrl = imageUrl;
-      // } else
+      dispatch(generationRequested());
 
       if (!['txt2img', 'img2img'].includes(generationMode)) {
         if (!galleryState.currentImage?.url) return;
diff --git a/frontend/src/features/system/systemSlice.ts b/frontend/src/features/system/systemSlice.ts
index 3b1feb9e61..1dff43ce17 100644
--- a/frontend/src/features/system/systemSlice.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/features/system/systemSlice.ts
@@ -175,6 +175,16 @@ export const systemSlice = createSlice({
       state.currentStatusHasSteps = false;
       state.currentStatus = 'Processing canceled';
     },
+    generationRequested: (state) => {
+      state.isProcessing = true;
+      state.isCancelable = true;
+      state.currentStep = 0;
+      state.totalSteps = 0;
+      state.currentIteration = 0;
+      state.totalIterations = 0;
+      state.currentStatusHasSteps = false;
+      state.currentStatus = 'Preparing';
+    },
     setModelList: (
       state,
       action: PayloadAction<InvokeAI.ModelList | Record<string, never>>
@@ -220,6 +230,7 @@ export const {
   modelChangeRequested,
   setSaveIntermediatesInterval,
   setEnableImageDebugging,
+  generationRequested,
 } = systemSlice.actions;
 
 export default systemSlice.reducer;