diff --git a/src/abstractreader.cpp b/src/abstractreader.cpp
--- a/src/abstractreader.cpp
+++ b/src/abstractreader.cpp
@@ -24,3 +24,8 @@ AbstractReader::AbstractReader(QIODevice
 {
     _device = device;
 }
+
+void AbstractReader::pause(bool enabled)
+{
+    paused = enabled;
+}
diff --git a/src/abstractreader.h b/src/abstractreader.h
--- a/src/abstractreader.h
+++ b/src/abstractreader.h
@@ -60,10 +60,11 @@ public slots:
      * Reader should actually continue reading to keep the
      * synchronization but shouldn't commit data.
      */
-    virtual void pause(bool) = 0;
+    void pause(bool enabled);
 
 protected:
     QIODevice* _device;
+    bool paused;
 };
 
 #endif // ABSTRACTREADER_H
diff --git a/src/asciireader.cpp b/src/asciireader.cpp
--- a/src/asciireader.cpp
+++ b/src/asciireader.cpp
@@ -84,11 +84,6 @@ void AsciiReader::enable(bool enabled)
     }
 }
 
-void AsciiReader::pause(bool enabled)
-{
-    paused = enabled;
-}
-
 void AsciiReader::onDataReady()
 {
     while(_device->canReadLine())
diff --git a/src/asciireader.h b/src/asciireader.h
--- a/src/asciireader.h
+++ b/src/asciireader.h
@@ -39,16 +39,12 @@ public:
     /// Loads settings from a `QSettings`.
     void loadSettings(QSettings* settings);
 
-public slots:
-    void pause(bool);
-
 private:
     AsciiReaderSettings _settingsWidget;
     unsigned _numChannels;
     /// number of channels will be determined from incoming data
     unsigned autoNumOfChannels;
     QChar delimiter; ///< selected column delimiter
-    bool paused;
 
     // We may have (usually true) started reading in the middle of a
     // line, so its a better idea to just discard first line.
diff --git a/src/binarystreamreader.cpp b/src/binarystreamreader.cpp
--- a/src/binarystreamreader.cpp
+++ b/src/binarystreamreader.cpp
@@ -76,11 +76,6 @@ void BinaryStreamReader::enable(bool ena
     }
 }
 
-void BinaryStreamReader::pause(bool enabled)
-{
-    paused = enabled;
-}
-
 void BinaryStreamReader::onNumberFormatChanged(NumberFormat numberFormat)
 {
     switch(numberFormat)
diff --git a/src/binarystreamreader.h b/src/binarystreamreader.h
--- a/src/binarystreamreader.h
+++ b/src/binarystreamreader.h
@@ -43,14 +43,10 @@ public:
     /// Loads settings from a `QSettings`.
     void loadSettings(QSettings* settings);
 
-public slots:
-    void pause(bool);
-
 private:
     BinaryStreamReaderSettings _settingsWidget;
     unsigned _numChannels;
     unsigned sampleSize;
-    bool paused;
     bool skipByteRequested;
     bool skipSampleRequested;
 
diff --git a/src/demoreader.cpp b/src/demoreader.cpp
--- a/src/demoreader.cpp
+++ b/src/demoreader.cpp
@@ -67,11 +67,6 @@ void DemoReader::setNumChannels(unsigned
     _settingsWidget.setNumChannels(value);
 }
 
-void DemoReader::pause(bool enabled)
-{
-    paused = enabled;
-}
-
 void DemoReader::demoTimerTimeout()
 {
     const double period = 100;
diff --git a/src/demoreader.h b/src/demoreader.h
--- a/src/demoreader.h
+++ b/src/demoreader.h
@@ -46,13 +46,11 @@ public:
     void enable(bool enabled = true);
 
 public slots:
-    void pause(bool);
     void setNumChannels(unsigned value);
 
 private:
     DemoReaderSettings _settingsWidget;
 
-    bool paused;
     unsigned _numChannels;
     QTimer timer;
     int count;
diff --git a/src/framedreader.cpp b/src/framedreader.cpp
--- a/src/framedreader.cpp
+++ b/src/framedreader.cpp
@@ -86,11 +86,6 @@ unsigned FramedReader::numChannels() con
     return _numChannels;
 }
 
-void FramedReader::pause(bool enabled)
-{
-    paused = enabled;
-}
-
 void FramedReader::onNumberFormatChanged(NumberFormat numberFormat)
 {
     switch(numberFormat)
diff --git a/src/framedreader.h b/src/framedreader.h
--- a/src/framedreader.h
+++ b/src/framedreader.h
@@ -42,9 +42,6 @@ public:
     /// Loads settings from a `QSettings`.
     void loadSettings(QSettings* settings);
 
-public slots:
-    void pause(bool);
-
 private:
     /// bit wise fields for `settingsValid` member
     enum SettingInvalidFlag
@@ -57,7 +54,6 @@ private:
     FramedReaderSettings _settingsWidget;
     unsigned _numChannels;
     unsigned sampleSize;
-    bool paused;
     unsigned settingsInvalid;   /// settings are all valid if this is 0, if not no reading is done
     QByteArray syncWord;
     bool checksumEnabled;