After the Romania entered the war, with several other četas (nine in total), they set out for Serbia in September 1916, with the intention of entering Russia via Romania and to continue their resistance from there. However, when he reached Kopaonik and learned that the Toplica Uprising was being prepared and, therefore, he headed for Jablanica, where he formed a company with the priest Dimitrije Dimitrijević Mita as well as the Jablanica Chetnik Detachment.