diff --git a/src/move.c b/src/move.c
index 59893122..89194b78 100644
--- a/src/move.c
+++ b/src/move.c
@@ -1136,7 +1136,7 @@ void move_objects(int what, int merge, double dx, double dy)
           else if(wire[n].sel == SELECTED2) wire[n].sel = SELECTED1;
          }
          
-         if(wire[n].sel & (SELECTED|SELECTED1))
+         if((wire[n].sel & (SELECTED|SELECTED1)) && tclgetboolvar("orthogonal_wiring"))
          {
           if(xctx->manhattan_lines & 1) xctx->manhattan_lines=2;
           else if(xctx->manhattan_lines & 2) xctx->manhattan_lines=1;