diff --git a/lib/Slic3r/Print/Simple.pm b/lib/Slic3r/Print/Simple.pm
index 4fe3eb820..fda229e2f 100644
--- a/lib/Slic3r/Print/Simple.pm
+++ b/lib/Slic3r/Print/Simple.pm
@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@ has 'status_cb' => (
 
 has 'print_center' => (
     is      => 'rw',
-    default => sub { Slic3r::Pointf->new(100,100) },
 );
 
 has 'dont_arrange' => (
@@ -82,7 +81,15 @@ sub set_model {
         $model->duplicate($self->duplicate, $self->_print->config->min_object_distance);
     }
     $_->translate(0,0,-$_->bounding_box->z_min) for @{$model->objects};
-    $model->center_instances_around_point($self->print_center) if (! $self->dont_arrange);
+    
+    if (!$self->dont_arrange) {
+        my $print_center = $self->print_center;
+        if (!defined $print_center) {
+            my $polygon = Slic3r::Polygon->new_scale(@{$self->_print->config->bed_shape});
+            $print_center = Slic3r::Pointf->new_unscale(@{ $polygon->centroid });
+        }
+        $model->center_instances_around_point($print_center);
+    }
     
     foreach my $model_object (@{$model->objects}) {
         $self->_print->auto_assign_extruders($model_object);
diff --git a/slic3r.pl b/slic3r.pl
index ee9e45214..5ae2e22fa 100755
--- a/slic3r.pl
+++ b/slic3r.pl
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ if (@ARGV) {  # slicing from command line
             rotate          => deg2rad($opt{rotate} // 0),
             duplicate       => $opt{duplicate}      // 1,
             duplicate_grid  => $opt{duplicate_grid} // [1,1],
-            print_center    => $opt{print_center}   // Slic3r::Pointf->new(100,100),
+            print_center    => $opt{print_center},
             dont_arrange    => $opt{dont_arrange}   // 0,
             status_cb       => sub {
                 my ($percent, $message) = @_;