diff --git a/src/main/java/net/imglib2/ui/overlay/BufferedImageOverlayRenderer.java b/src/main/java/net/imglib2/ui/overlay/BufferedImageOverlayRenderer.java
index 5f038e32e2a96817802646b183897e97e28ab368..7665fc53b7c57f7935b64ae6756934a21dbe94ab 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/imglib2/ui/overlay/BufferedImageOverlayRenderer.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/imglib2/ui/overlay/BufferedImageOverlayRenderer.java
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ public class BufferedImageOverlayRenderer implements OverlayRenderer, RenderTarg
 	 */
 	public Listeners< TransformListener< AffineTransform3D > > transformListeners()
 	{
-		return transformListeners();
+		return paintedTransformListeners;
 	}
 
 	/**