diff --git a/src/de/gurkenlabs/litiengine/entities/Trigger.java b/src/de/gurkenlabs/litiengine/entities/Trigger.java
index bdd14af0f..0d4defc06 100644
--- a/src/de/gurkenlabs/litiengine/entities/Trigger.java
+++ b/src/de/gurkenlabs/litiengine/entities/Trigger.java
@@ -263,7 +263,6 @@ private boolean activate(final IEntity activator, final int tar) {
       return false;
     }
 
-    this.isActivated = true;
     List<Integer> triggerTargets = this.getTargets(tar);
 
     final TriggerEvent te = new TriggerEvent(this, activator, triggerTargets);
@@ -272,6 +271,8 @@ private boolean activate(final IEntity activator, final int tar) {
       return false;
     }
 
+    this.isActivated = true;
+
     // if we actually have a trigger target, we send the message to the target
     if (!triggerTargets.isEmpty()) {
       for (final int target : triggerTargets) {
@@ -315,7 +316,7 @@ private boolean checkActivationPredicates(TriggerEvent te) {
   private List<IEntity> getEntitiesInCollisionBox() {
     final List<IEntity> collEntities = new CopyOnWriteArrayList<>();
     for (final ICollisionEntity coll : Game.getPhysicsEngine().getCollisionEntities()) {
-      if (!this.activators.isEmpty() && !this.activators.contains(coll.getMapId())) {
+      if (coll == this || !this.activators.isEmpty() && !this.activators.contains(coll.getMapId())) {
         continue;
       }