diff --git a/src/gamelib/character.cpp b/src/gamelib/character.cpp
index 40a7341..b2dbcc7 100644
--- a/src/gamelib/character.cpp
+++ b/src/gamelib/character.cpp
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ namespace curry {
 		item.source = source_rect();
 		item.destination = destination_rect(parViewport.position());
 		item.texture = texture();
-		parDQ.add_for_rendering(DrawaLayerNames::Background, std::move(item));
+		parDQ.add_for_rendering(DrawaLayerNames::Characters, std::move(item));
 		assert(not item.texture);
 	}
 
diff --git a/src/gamelib/draw_layer_names.hpp b/src/gamelib/draw_layer_names.hpp
index b3f7d11..e42a6c3 100644
--- a/src/gamelib/draw_layer_names.hpp
+++ b/src/gamelib/draw_layer_names.hpp
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 namespace curry {
 	BETTER_ENUM(DrawaLayerNames, uint16_t,
 		Background,
-		Debug
-	);
+		Debug,
+		Characters
+	)
 } //namespace curry
diff --git a/src/gamelib/ingamescene.cpp b/src/gamelib/ingamescene.cpp
index e6de36d..d7bfdfa 100644
--- a/src/gamelib/ingamescene.cpp
+++ b/src/gamelib/ingamescene.cpp
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ namespace curry {
 		inp.AddAction(ActionDown, Key(InputDevice_Keyboard, SDL_SCANCODE_DOWN), "Move down");
 
 		add_layer_assert_done(drawing_queue(), DrawaLayerNames::Background);
+		add_layer_assert_done(drawing_queue(), DrawaLayerNames::Characters);
 #if !defined(NDEBUG)
 		add_layer_assert_done(drawing_queue(), DrawaLayerNames::Debug);
 #endif