diff --git a/src/main/java/com/simibubi/create/content/kinetics/deployer/DeployerMovementBehaviour.java b/src/main/java/com/simibubi/create/content/kinetics/deployer/DeployerMovementBehaviour.java
index 8e5c17140..9c9761b32 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/simibubi/create/content/kinetics/deployer/DeployerMovementBehaviour.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/simibubi/create/content/kinetics/deployer/DeployerMovementBehaviour.java
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ public class DeployerMovementBehaviour implements MovementBehaviour {
 			return;
 
 		activate(context, pos, player, mode);
+		checkForPlacementAdvancement();
 		tryDisposeOfExcess(context);
 		context.stall = player.blockBreakingProgress != null;
 	}
@@ -81,8 +82,10 @@ public class DeployerMovementBehaviour implements MovementBehaviour {
 		Level world = context.world;
 
 		FilterItemStack filter = context.getFilterFromBE();
-		if (AllItems.SCHEMATIC.isIn(filter.item()))
+		if (AllItems.SCHEMATIC.isIn(filter.item())) {
 			activateAsSchematicPrinter(context, pos, player, world, filter.item());
+			return;
+		}
 
 		Vec3 facingVec = Vec3.atLowerCornerOf(context.state.getValue(DeployerBlock.FACING)
 			.getNormal());
@@ -104,7 +107,9 @@ public class DeployerMovementBehaviour implements MovementBehaviour {
 		player.placedTracks = false;
 
 		DeployerHandler.activate(player, vec, pos, facingVec, mode);
+	}
 
+	protected void checkForPlacementAdvancement() {
 		if ((context.contraption instanceof MountedContraption || context.contraption instanceof CarriageContraption)
 			&& player.placedTracks && context.blockEntityData != null && context.blockEntityData.contains("Owner"))
 			AllAdvancements.SELF_DEPLOYING.awardTo(world.getPlayerByUUID(context.blockEntityData.getUUID("Owner")));