diff --git a/src/main/java/uulm/teamname/marvelous/gamelibrary/json/ingame/EntityDeserializer.java b/src/main/java/uulm/teamname/marvelous/gamelibrary/json/ingame/EntityDeserializer.java
index 0335eac..1262960 100644
--- a/src/main/java/uulm/teamname/marvelous/gamelibrary/json/ingame/EntityDeserializer.java
+++ b/src/main/java/uulm/teamname/marvelous/gamelibrary/json/ingame/EntityDeserializer.java
@@ -3,18 +3,19 @@ package uulm.teamname.marvelous.gamelibrary.json.ingame;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonParser;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonProcessingException;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.ObjectCodec;
-import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.DeserializationContext;
-import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonDeserializer;
-import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonNode;
-import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.*;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.deser.std.StdDeserializer;
 import uulm.teamname.marvelous.gamelibrary.IntVector2;
 import uulm.teamname.marvelous.gamelibrary.entities.*;
 import uulm.teamname.marvelous.gamelibrary.entities.Character;
+import uulm.teamname.marvelous.gamelibrary.json.config.CharacterConfig;
+import uulm.teamname.marvelous.gamelibrary.json.config.CharacterProperties;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 
 public class EntityDeserializer extends JsonDeserializer<Entity> {
 
+
     private enum DeserializedEntityType {
         Character,
         InfinityStone,
@@ -23,6 +24,9 @@ public class EntityDeserializer extends JsonDeserializer<Entity> {
 
     @Override
     public Entity deserialize(JsonParser p, DeserializationContext ctxt) throws IOException {
+        var config = (CharacterConfig) ctxt
+                .findInjectableValue("CharacterConfig", null, null);
+
         ObjectCodec codec = p.getCodec();
         JsonNode node = codec.readTree(p);
 
@@ -35,16 +39,21 @@ public class EntityDeserializer extends JsonDeserializer<Entity> {
                 EntityID id = new EntityID(
                         EntityType.valueOf("P" + node.get("PID").intValue()),
                         node.get("ID").intValue());
+
+                String characterName = node.get("name").asText();
+
+                CharacterProperties properties = config.getMap().get(characterName);
+
                 result = new Character(
                         id,
                         codec.treeToValue(node.get("position"), IntVector2.class),
-                        node.get("name").asText(),
+                        characterName,
                         node.get("HP").asInt(),
                         node.get("MP").asInt(),
                         node.get("AP").asInt(),
-                        -1,
-                        -1,
-                        -1
+                        properties.attackRange,
+                        properties.rangedDamage,
+                        properties.meleeDamage
                 );
 
                 for (var i: codec.treeToValue(node.get("stones"), Integer[].class)) {
diff --git a/src/test/java/uulm/teamname/marvelous/gamelibrary/json/ingame/EntityDeserializerTest.java b/src/test/java/uulm/teamname/marvelous/gamelibrary/json/ingame/EntityDeserializerTest.java
index 3e0eed8..3e1eed1 100644
--- a/src/test/java/uulm/teamname/marvelous/gamelibrary/json/ingame/EntityDeserializerTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/uulm/teamname/marvelous/gamelibrary/json/ingame/EntityDeserializerTest.java
@@ -1,16 +1,22 @@
 package uulm.teamname.marvelous.gamelibrary.json.ingame;
 
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonProcessingException;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.InjectableValues;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.module.SimpleModule;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeEach;
 
 import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.*;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.*;
 
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 import uulm.teamname.marvelous.gamelibrary.IntVector2;
 import uulm.teamname.marvelous.gamelibrary.entities.*;
 import uulm.teamname.marvelous.gamelibrary.entities.Character;
+import uulm.teamname.marvelous.gamelibrary.json.config.CharacterConfig;
+import uulm.teamname.marvelous.gamelibrary.json.config.CharacterProperties;
 
+import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.HashSet;
 import java.util.Iterator;
 import java.util.concurrent.ThreadLocalRandom;
@@ -18,14 +24,32 @@ import java.util.concurrent.ThreadLocalRandom;
 class EntityDeserializerTest {
 
     ObjectMapper mapper;
+    HashMap<String, CharacterProperties> propertiesMap;
 
     @BeforeEach
     void setUp() {
         mapper = new ObjectMapper();
+
+        propertiesMap = new HashMap<>();
+
+        var config = mock(CharacterConfig.class);
+        when(config.getMap()).thenReturn(propertiesMap);
+
+        mapper.setInjectableValues(new InjectableValues
+                .Std()
+                .addValue("CharacterConfig", config));
     }
 
     @Test
     void simpleCharacterTest() throws JsonProcessingException {
+
+        var characterProperties = new CharacterProperties();
+        characterProperties.attackRange = 12;
+        characterProperties.rangedDamage = 13;
+        characterProperties.meleeDamage = 14;
+
+        propertiesMap.put("God", characterProperties);
+
         var character = new Character(
                 new EntityID(EntityType.P1, 3),
                 new IntVector2(4, 2),
@@ -33,9 +57,9 @@ class EntityDeserializerTest {
                 255,
                 65535,
                 4,
-                -1,
-                -1,
-                -1
+                12,
+                13,
+                14
         );
 
         character.inventory.addStone(StoneType.MindStone);
@@ -125,6 +149,19 @@ class EntityDeserializerTest {
             }
 
             // Generate a random character
+
+            int attackRange = Math.abs(randomIntegers.next());
+            int rangedDamage = Math.abs(randomIntegers.next());
+            int meleeDamage = Math.abs(randomIntegers.next());
+
+            var characterProperties = new CharacterProperties();
+            characterProperties.name = characterName.toString();
+            characterProperties.attackRange = attackRange;
+            characterProperties.rangedDamage = rangedDamage;
+            characterProperties.meleeDamage = meleeDamage;
+
+            propertiesMap.put(characterName.toString(), characterProperties);
+
             Character character = new Character(
                     new EntityID(
                             randomIntegers.next() % 2 == 0 ? EntityType.P1 : EntityType.P2,
@@ -134,9 +171,9 @@ class EntityDeserializerTest {
                     Math.abs(randomIntegers.next()),
                     Math.abs(randomIntegers.next()),
                     Math.abs(randomIntegers.next()),
-                    -1,
-                    -1,
-                    -1
+                    attackRange,
+                    rangedDamage,
+                    meleeDamage
             );
 
             // give the character 0 to 5 infinity stones randomly