diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwrender/actors.hpp b/apps/openmw/mwrender/actors.hpp
index be6486fd7..93ec07f98 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwrender/actors.hpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwrender/actors.hpp
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 #include "../mwworld/environment.hpp"
 #include "npcanimation.hpp"
 #include "creatureanimation.hpp"
+#include <openengine/bullet/physic.hpp>
 
 namespace MWRender{
     class Actors{
diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwrender/animation.cpp b/apps/openmw/mwrender/animation.cpp
index bea0873b7..b272980c7 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwrender/animation.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwrender/animation.cpp
@@ -410,6 +410,11 @@ namespace MWRender{
             bone->setPosition(t);
         if(bQuats)
             bone->setOrientation(r);
+
+        if(iter == transformations->begin()){
+            trans = bone->_getDerivedPosition();
+            rotate = bone->_getDerivedOrientation();
+        }
         skel->getManualBonesDirty();
         skel->_updateTransforms();
 	    skel->_notifyManualBonesDirty();
diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwrender/animation.hpp b/apps/openmw/mwrender/animation.hpp
index 65f872e0a..9c240f7a6 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwrender/animation.hpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwrender/animation.hpp
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 #include "../mwworld/environment.hpp"
 #include <components/nif/node.hpp>
 #include <map>
+#include <openengine/bullet/physic.hpp>
 
 namespace MWRender{
 
@@ -15,9 +16,12 @@ class Animation{
     
    protected:
     
+    OEngine::Physic::PhysicEngine* engine;
     OEngine::Render::OgreRenderer &mRend;
     MWWorld::Environment& mEnvironment;
     static std::map<std::string, int> mUniqueIDs;
+    Ogre::Quaternion rotate;
+    Ogre::Vector3 trans;
     std::vector<std::vector<Nif::NiTriShapeCopy>* > shapeparts;   //All the NiTriShape data that we need for animating an npc
 
     float time;
@@ -38,8 +42,6 @@ class Animation{
      std::vector<Nif::NiTriShapeCopy>* shapes;          //All the NiTriShapeData for this creature
      std::vector<Ogre::Entity*> entityparts;
 
-    
-   
 
     std::vector<Nif::NiKeyframeData>* transformations;
     std::map<std::string,float> textmappings;
diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwrender/npcanimation.cpp b/apps/openmw/mwrender/npcanimation.cpp
index 9466fd9ab..4630f0d3b 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwrender/npcanimation.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwrender/npcanimation.cpp
@@ -259,6 +259,16 @@ void NpcAnimation::runAnimation(float timepassed){
         }
 
         handleAnimationTransforms();
+        //mEnvironment.mWorld->
+        /*if(base->hasSkeleton())
+        {
+            
+            Ogre::Quaternion boneQuat = rotate;
+            Ogre::Vector3 boneTrans = trans;
+            mEnvironment.mWorld->setObjectPhysicsPosition(insert->getName(), boneTrans + insert->getPosition());
+            mEnvironment.mWorld->setObjectPhysicsRotation(insert->getName(), boneQuat * insert->getOrientation());
+            
+        }*/
        // handleAnimationTransforms(base);
         //handleAnimationTransforms(hand);
        // 
diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwworld/physicssystem.cpp b/apps/openmw/mwworld/physicssystem.cpp
index cfe5edab4..e74e201f5 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwworld/physicssystem.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwworld/physicssystem.cpp
@@ -145,6 +145,12 @@ namespace MWWorld
 
     void PhysicsSystem::rotateObject (const std::string& handle, const Ogre::Quaternion& rotation)
     {
+         if (OEngine::Physic::PhysicActor* act = mEngine->getCharacter(handle))
+        {
+            // TODO very dirty hack to avoid crash during setup -> needs cleaning up to allow
+            // start positions others than 0, 0, 0
+            act->setRotation(btQuaternion(rotation.x, rotation.y, rotation.z, rotation.w));
+        }
     }
 
     void PhysicsSystem::scaleObject (const std::string& handle, float scale)
diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwworld/world.cpp b/apps/openmw/mwworld/world.cpp
index a4f167103..2232e8a1d 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwworld/world.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwworld/world.cpp
@@ -685,4 +685,10 @@ namespace MWWorld
     {
         mRendering.skipAnimation (ptr);
     }
+    void World::setObjectPhysicsRotation(const std::string& handle, Ogre::Quaternion quat){
+        mPhysics->rotateObject(handle, quat);
+    }
+    void World::setObjectPhysicsPosition(const std::string& handle, Ogre::Vector3 vec){
+        mPhysics->moveObject(handle, vec);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwworld/world.hpp b/apps/openmw/mwworld/world.hpp
index 2c7b43280..235d203a6 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwworld/world.hpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwworld/world.hpp
@@ -218,6 +218,8 @@ namespace MWWorld
             void skipAnimation (const MWWorld::Ptr& ptr);
             ///< Skip the animation for the given MW-reference for one frame. Calls to this function for
             /// references that are currently not in the rendered scene should be ignored.
+            void setObjectPhysicsRotation(const std::string& handle,Ogre::Quaternion quat);
+            void setObjectPhysicsPosition(const std::string& handle,Ogre::Vector3 vector);
     };
 }