diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 09f46d145..ca6a8e115 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## [Unreleased/Snapshot]
 
+### Fixed
+- adapted `LineInput` constructor to convert line length to `StandardUnits.LINE_LENGTH`
+
 ## [2.0.1] - 2021-07-08
 
 ### Fixed
diff --git a/src/main/java/edu/ie3/datamodel/models/input/connector/LineInput.java b/src/main/java/edu/ie3/datamodel/models/input/connector/LineInput.java
index a4b231e9e..6c794d2fc 100644
--- a/src/main/java/edu/ie3/datamodel/models/input/connector/LineInput.java
+++ b/src/main/java/edu/ie3/datamodel/models/input/connector/LineInput.java
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ public LineInput(
       OlmCharacteristicInput olmCharacteristic) {
     super(uuid, id, nodeA, nodeB, parallelDevices);
     this.type = type;
-    this.length = length;
+    this.length = length.to(StandardUnits.LINE_LENGTH);
     this.geoPosition = GeoUtils.buildSafeLineString(geoPosition);
     this.olmCharacteristic = olmCharacteristic;
   }