diff --git a/src/libslic3r/GCode.cpp b/src/libslic3r/GCode.cpp
index f98cf62fc4..d2fbea5742 100644
--- a/src/libslic3r/GCode.cpp
+++ b/src/libslic3r/GCode.cpp
@@ -3093,8 +3093,6 @@ void GCode::_do_export(Print& print, GCodeOutputStream &file, ThumbnailsGenerato
         file.write_format("; HEADER_BLOCK_START\n");
         // Write information on the generator.
         file.write_format("; generated by %s on %s\n", Slic3r::header_slic3r_generated().c_str(), Slic3r::Utils::local_timestamp().c_str());
-        // Belt printer: embed angle and transform configs in header via virtual hook.
-        this->write_belt_header(file, print);
         if (is_bbl_printers)
             file.write_format(";%s\n", GCodeProcessor::reserved_tag(GCodeProcessor::ETags::Estimated_Printing_Time_Placeholder).c_str());
         //BBS: total layer number
@@ -3193,6 +3191,10 @@ void GCode::_do_export(Print& print, GCodeOutputStream &file, ThumbnailsGenerato
         }
     }
 
+    // Belt printer: the tilt and transform settings the G-code viewer reads back. They
+    // are comments outside the config block, so they go after the thumbnails that a
+    // BTT TFT firmware needs first, and are written whether or not that header block is.
+    this->write_belt_header(file, print);
 
     // Write some terse information on the slicing parameters.
     const PrintObject *first_object         = print.objects().front();