After the war, he made a living mostly by playing in cafés, writing reviews, and by short-term conducting engagements in Osijek, Zagreb and Novi Sad where he served the required military service as a military musician.
Po završetku rata, uzdržavao se uglavnom svirkama po kavanama, pisanjem kritika, te kratkotrajnim dirigentskim angažmanima u Osijeku, Zagrebu i Novom Sadu gdje je služio obvezatni vojni rok kao vojni glazbenik.