diff --git a/voxygen/src/session.rs b/voxygen/src/session.rs
index 7670eb1b1e..ba92e95cdd 100644
--- a/voxygen/src/session.rs
+++ b/voxygen/src/session.rs
@@ -383,6 +383,10 @@ impl PlayState for SessionState {
             if global_state.singleplayer.is_none()
                 || !global_state.singleplayer.as_ref().unwrap().is_paused()
             {
+                log::warn!(
+                    "{}",
+                    global_state.singleplayer.as_ref().unwrap().is_paused()
+                );
                 // Perform an in-game tick.
                 if let Err(err) = self.tick(clock.get_avg_delta()) {
                     global_state.info_message =
diff --git a/voxygen/src/singleplayer.rs b/voxygen/src/singleplayer.rs
index d2538c6bf6..28c7165148 100644
--- a/voxygen/src/singleplayer.rs
+++ b/voxygen/src/singleplayer.rs
@@ -57,12 +57,12 @@ impl Singleplayer {
     }
 
     /// Returns wether or not the server is paused
-    pub fn is_paused(&self) -> bool { self.paused.load(Ordering::Relaxed) }
+    pub fn is_paused(&self) -> bool { self.paused.load(Ordering::SeqCst) }
 
     /// Pauses if true is passed and unpauses if false (Does nothing if in that
     /// state already)
     pub fn pause(&self, state: bool) {
-        self.paused.load(Ordering::SeqCst);
+        self.paused.store(state, Ordering::SeqCst);
         let _ = self.sender.send(Msg::Pause(state));
     }
 }