diff --git a/Projekte/mdga/model/src/main/java/pp/mdga/game/Player.java b/Projekte/mdga/model/src/main/java/pp/mdga/game/Player.java
index 3203770b..e7b8aa2e 100644
--- a/Projekte/mdga/model/src/main/java/pp/mdga/game/Player.java
+++ b/Projekte/mdga/model/src/main/java/pp/mdga/game/Player.java
@@ -114,6 +114,8 @@ public void removeHandCard(PowerCard card) {
      * @param piece as the piece which should be added to the waitingArea attribute of Player class as a Piece object.
      */
     public void addWaitingPiece(Piece piece) {
+        piece.setState(PieceState.WAITING);
+
         for (int i = 0; i < Resources.MAX_PIECES; i++) {
             if (this.waitingArea[i] == null) {
                 this.waitingArea[i] = piece;