diff --git a/src/tunnels_player.cpp b/src/tunnels_player.cpp
index e277114..a053525 100644
--- a/src/tunnels_player.cpp
+++ b/src/tunnels_player.cpp
@@ -115,6 +115,11 @@ Node *TunnelsPlayer::to_node() {
     return Object::cast_to<Node>(this);
 }
 
+void TunnelsPlayer::spawn_at_position(Transform3D const &at) {
+    this->character->set_global_transform(at);
+    this->set_global_basis(at.get_basis());
+}
+
 void TunnelsPlayer::horizontal_move_input(Ref<InputEvent> event, float value) {
     this->move_input.x = value;
 }
@@ -196,6 +201,7 @@ void TunnelsPlayer::initialize_character() {
         return;
     if(player_scene->get_state()->get_node_type(0) != StringName("CharacterActor"))
         return;
+    UtilityFunctions::print("initialize_character pos: ", this->get_global_position());
     // instantiate and store the player character
     this->character = Object::cast_to<CharacterActor>(player_scene->instantiate());
     this->get_parent()->add_child(this->character);
diff --git a/src/tunnels_player.hpp b/src/tunnels_player.hpp
index 415edd7..86c15f0 100644
--- a/src/tunnels_player.hpp
+++ b/src/tunnels_player.hpp
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #ifndef TUNNELS_PLAYER_HPP
 #define TUNNELS_PLAYER_HPP
 
+#include "godot_cpp/variant/transform3d.hpp"
 #include "utils/player.hpp"
 #include "utils/player_input.hpp"
 #include <godot_cpp/classes/camera3d.hpp>
@@ -32,6 +33,7 @@ public:
 
     virtual void setup_player_input(PlayerInput *input) override;
     virtual Node *to_node() override;
+    virtual void spawn_at_position(Transform3D const &at) override;
 
     void horizontal_move_input(Ref<InputEvent> event, float value);
     void vertical_move_input(Ref<InputEvent> event, float value);
diff --git a/src/utils b/src/utils
index 78e6bb2..90d8d62 160000
--- a/src/utils
+++ b/src/utils
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 78e6bb2cf18aebf3edd72907f982c811caac9eea
+Subproject commit 90d8d626a011b10560ec794ee0a06a802ffa940a