diff --git a/lib/network/Network.js b/lib/network/Network.js
index 02978d5f1b..36c42b5a81 100644
--- a/lib/network/Network.js
+++ b/lib/network/Network.js
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ export function Network(container, data, options) {
   this.physics             = new PhysicsEngine(this.body);                  // physics engine, does all the simulations
   this.layoutEngine        = new LayoutEngine(this.body);                   // layout engine for inital layout and hierarchical layout
   this.clustering          = new ClusterEngine(this.body);                  // clustering api
-  this.manipulation        = new ManipulationSystem(this.body, this.canvas, this.selectionHandler); // data manipulation system
+  this.manipulation        = new ManipulationSystem(this.body, this.canvas, this.selectionHandler, this.interactionHandler); // data manipulation system
 
   this.nodesHandler        = new NodesHandler(this.body, this.images, this.groups, this.layoutEngine);   // Handle adding, deleting and updating of nodes as well as global options
   this.edgesHandler        = new EdgesHandler(this.body, this.images, this.groups);   // Handle adding, deleting and updating of edges as well as global options
diff --git a/lib/network/modules/ManipulationSystem.js b/lib/network/modules/ManipulationSystem.js
index 82b1dc632e..607170477e 100644
--- a/lib/network/modules/ManipulationSystem.js
+++ b/lib/network/modules/ManipulationSystem.js
@@ -15,10 +15,11 @@ class ManipulationSystem {
    * @param {Canvas} canvas
    * @param {SelectionHandler} selectionHandler
    */
-  constructor(body, canvas, selectionHandler) {
+  constructor(body, canvas, selectionHandler, interactionHandler) {
     this.body = body;
     this.canvas = canvas;
     this.selectionHandler = selectionHandler;
+    this.interactionHandler = interactionHandler;
 
     this.editMode = false;
     this.manipulationDiv = undefined;
@@ -944,10 +945,7 @@ class ManipulationSystem {
       this.selectedControlNode.y = pos.y;
     }
     else {
-      // if the drag was not started properly because the click started outside the network div, start it now.
-      let diffX = pointer.x - this.lastTouch.x;
-      let diffY = pointer.y - this.lastTouch.y;
-      this.body.view.translation = {x:this.lastTouch.translation.x + diffX, y:this.lastTouch.translation.y + diffY};
+      this.interactionHandler.onDrag(event);
     }
     this.body.emitter.emit('_redraw');
   }
@@ -1090,9 +1088,7 @@ class ManipulationSystem {
       this.body.emitter.emit('_redraw');
     }
     else {
-      let diffX = pointer.x - this.lastTouch.x;
-      let diffY = pointer.y - this.lastTouch.y;
-      this.body.view.translation = {x:this.lastTouch.translation.x + diffX, y:this.lastTouch.translation.y + diffY};
+      this.interactionHandler.onDrag(event);
     }
 
   }