diff --git a/webknossos-datastore/app/com/scalableminds/webknossos/datastore/services/FindDataService.scala b/webknossos-datastore/app/com/scalableminds/webknossos/datastore/services/FindDataService.scala
index 6ebd50404f..af2c3b2611 100644
--- a/webknossos-datastore/app/com/scalableminds/webknossos/datastore/services/FindDataService.scala
+++ b/webknossos-datastore/app/com/scalableminds/webknossos/datastore/services/FindDataService.scala
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ class FindDataService @Inject()(dataServicesHolder: BinaryDataServiceHolder)(imp
       }
     }
 
-    Point3D(0, 0, 0) +: positionCreationIter((1 to iterationCount).toList, List[Point3D]())
+    dataLayer.boundingBox.topLeft +: positionCreationIter((1 to iterationCount).toList, List[Point3D]())
   }
 
   private def checkAllPositionsForData(dataSource: DataSource,