diff --git a/include/openspace/navigation/path.h b/include/openspace/navigation/path.h
index e19eaddbec..a1367ff6b5 100644
--- a/include/openspace/navigation/path.h
+++ b/include/openspace/navigation/path.h
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ public:
 
     std::vector<glm::dvec3> controlPoints() const;
 
-    CameraPose traversePath(double dt);
+    CameraPose traversePath(double dt, float speedScale = 1.f);
     std::string currentAnchor() const;
     bool hasReachedEnd() const;
 
diff --git a/src/navigation/path.cpp b/src/navigation/path.cpp
index deaf9c3ad0..55e6e83e62 100644
--- a/src/navigation/path.cpp
+++ b/src/navigation/path.cpp
@@ -104,9 +104,7 @@ Path::Path(Waypoint start, Waypoint end, CurveType type,
     }
 
     const auto defaultDuration = [](double pathlength) {
-        const double speedScale = 
-            global::navigationHandler->pathNavigator().speedScale();
-        return std::log(pathlength) / speedScale;
+        return std::log(pathlength);
     };
 
     _duration = duration.value_or(defaultDuration(pathLength()));
@@ -139,8 +137,9 @@ std::vector<glm::dvec3> Path::controlPoints() const {
     return _curve->points();
 }
 
-CameraPose Path::traversePath(double dt) {
-    const double speed = _speedFactorFromDuration * speedAlongPath(_traveledDistance);
+CameraPose Path::traversePath(double dt, float speedScale) {
+    double speed = _speedFactorFromDuration * speedAlongPath(_traveledDistance);
+    speed *= static_cast<double>(speedScale);
     const double displacement =  dt * speed;
 
     _progressedTime += dt;
diff --git a/src/navigation/pathnavigator.cpp b/src/navigation/pathnavigator.cpp
index 8ea004a875..526df5efcb 100644
--- a/src/navigation/pathnavigator.cpp
+++ b/src/navigation/pathnavigator.cpp
@@ -73,7 +73,9 @@ namespace {
     constexpr openspace::properties::Property::PropertyInfo SpeedScaleInfo = {
         "SpeedScale",
         "Speed Scale",
-        "Scale factor that affects the default speed for a camera path."
+        "Scale factor that the speed will be mulitplied with during path traversal. "
+        "Can be used to speed up or slow down the camera motion, depending on if the "
+        "value is larger than or smaller than one."
     };
 
     constexpr openspace::properties::Property::PropertyInfo OrbitSpeedFactorInfo = {
@@ -208,7 +210,7 @@ void PathNavigator::updateCamera(double deltaTime) {
         LINFO("Cannot start simulation time during camera motion");
     }
 
-    CameraPose newPose = _currentPath->traversePath(deltaTime);
+    CameraPose newPose = _currentPath->traversePath(deltaTime, _speedScale);
     const std::string newAnchor = _currentPath->currentAnchor();
 
     // Set anchor node in orbitalNavigator, to render visible nodes and add activate