diff --git a/src/Mod/Path/PathScripts/PathCustom.py b/src/Mod/Path/PathScripts/PathCustom.py
index f66ca4f20a..de8290696d 100644
--- a/src/Mod/Path/PathScripts/PathCustom.py
+++ b/src/Mod/Path/PathScripts/PathCustom.py
@@ -24,10 +24,11 @@
 import FreeCAD
 import FreeCADGui
 import Path
-from PySide import QtCore, QtGui
+from PySide import QtCore
 
 """Path Custom object and FreeCAD command"""
 
+
 # Qt tanslation handling
 def translate(context, text, disambig=None):
     return QtCore.QCoreApplication.translate(context, text, disambig)
@@ -35,9 +36,8 @@ def translate(context, text, disambig=None):
 
 class ObjectCustom:
 
-
     def __init__(self,obj):
-        obj.addProperty("App::PropertyStringList","Gcode","Path",QtCore.QT_TRANSLATE_NOOP("App::Property","The gcode to be inserted"))
+        obj.addProperty("App::PropertyStringList", "Gcode", "Path", QtCore.QT_TRANSLATE_NOOP("App::Property", "The gcode to be inserted"))
         obj.Proxy = self
 
     def __getstate__(self):
@@ -74,8 +74,7 @@ class CommandPathCustom:
         FreeCAD.ActiveDocument.openTransaction("Create Custom Path")
         FreeCADGui.addModule("PathScripts.PathCustom")
         FreeCADGui.addModule("PathScripts.PathUtils")
-        FreeCADGui.doCommand(
-            'obj = FreeCAD.ActiveDocument.addObject("Path::FeaturePython","Custom")')
+        FreeCADGui.doCommand('obj = FreeCAD.ActiveDocument.addObject("Path::FeaturePython","Custom")')
         FreeCADGui.doCommand('PathScripts.PathCustom.ObjectCustom(obj)')
         FreeCADGui.doCommand('obj.ViewObject.Proxy = 0')
         FreeCADGui.doCommand('PathScripts.PathUtils.addToJob(obj)')
diff --git a/src/Mod/Path/PathScripts/PathSimpleCopy.py b/src/Mod/Path/PathScripts/PathSimpleCopy.py
index 34b7c42ec1..086165bdab 100644
--- a/src/Mod/Path/PathScripts/PathSimpleCopy.py
+++ b/src/Mod/Path/PathScripts/PathSimpleCopy.py
@@ -23,14 +23,17 @@
 
 import FreeCAD
 import FreeCADGui
-from PySide import QtCore, QtGui
+import PathScripts
+from PySide import QtCore
 
 """Path SimpleCopy command"""
 
+
 # Qt tanslation handling
 def translate(context, text, disambig=None):
     return QtCore.QCoreApplication.translate(context, text, disambig)
 
+
 class CommandPathSimpleCopy:
 
     def GetResources(self):
@@ -39,11 +42,13 @@ class CommandPathSimpleCopy:
                 'ToolTip': QtCore.QT_TRANSLATE_NOOP("Path_SimpleCopy", "Creates a non-parametric copy of another path")}
 
     def IsActive(self):
-        if FreeCAD.ActiveDocument is not None:
-            for o in FreeCAD.ActiveDocument.Objects:
-                if o.Name[:3] == "Job":
-                        return True
-        return False
+        if bool(FreeCADGui.Selection.getSelection()) is False:
+            return False
+        try:
+            obj = FreeCADGui.Selection.getSelectionEx()[0].Object
+            return isinstance(obj.Proxy, PathScripts.PathOp.ObjectOp)
+        except:
+            return False
 
     def Activated(self):
         # check that the selection contains exactly what we want
@@ -59,11 +64,14 @@ class CommandPathSimpleCopy:
 
         FreeCAD.ActiveDocument.openTransaction(
             translate("Path_SimpleCopy", "Simple Copy"))
+        FreeCADGui.doCommand("srcpath = FreeCADGui.Selection.getSelectionEx()[0].Object.Path\n")
+
         FreeCADGui.addModule("PathScripts.PathUtils")
-        FreeCADGui.doCommand(
-            'obj = FreeCAD.ActiveDocument.addObject("Path::Feature","' + selection[0].Name + '_copy")')
-        FreeCADGui.doCommand(
-            'obj.Path = FreeCAD.ActiveDocument.' + selection[0].Name + '.Path')
+        FreeCADGui.addModule("PathScripts.PathCustom")
+        FreeCADGui.doCommand('obj = FreeCAD.ActiveDocument.addObject("Path::FeaturePython","' + selection[0].Name + '_SimpleCopy")')
+        FreeCADGui.doCommand('PathScripts.PathCustom.ObjectCustom(obj)')
+        FreeCADGui.doCommand('obj.ViewObject.Proxy = 0')
+        FreeCADGui.doCommand('obj.Gcode = [c.toGCode() for c in srcpath.Commands]')
         FreeCADGui.doCommand('PathScripts.PathUtils.addToJob(obj)')
         FreeCAD.ActiveDocument.commitTransaction()
         FreeCAD.ActiveDocument.recompute()