diff --git a/desktop/src-common/advent/screens/scene.clj b/desktop/src-common/advent/screens/scene.clj
index 37d6bde2..d82b3701 100644
--- a/desktop/src-common/advent/screens/scene.clj
+++ b/desktop/src-common/advent/screens/scene.clj
@@ -76,7 +76,9 @@
              :inventory #{}
              :x 150 :y 95
              :id "ego"}]
-    (merge (texture (animation! (:right ego) :get-key-frame 0.25)) ego)))
+    (actions/start-animation screen
+                             (merge (animation->texture screen (:stand ego)) ego)
+                             :stand)))
 
 (defn update-from-script [screen {{:keys [current started? channel]} :actions :as entities}]
   (if current
@@ -127,7 +129,9 @@
 
         peddler-sheet (texture! (texture "outside-castle/peddler-talk.png" ) :split 18 36)
         peddler-talk (animation 0.18 (for [i (flatten [2 3 2 3 2 3 6 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 2 3 2 3 2 3 6 4 5 4 5 4 5 4 5])]
-                                (aget peddler-sheet 0 i)))] 
+                                       (aget peddler-sheet 0 i)))
+        peddler-stand (animation 0.2 (for [i (flatten [(repeat 5 0) 6])]
+                                     (aget peddler-sheet 0 i)))] 
     {:outside-house
      (make-background :interactions
                       {:door {:box [258 100 281 160]
@@ -196,7 +200,10 @@
                                           (actions/talk entities :peddler "...and useful books like this:")
                                           (actions/talk entities :peddler "'Checkers Mastery in Less Than 10 Seconds'"))}}
                       :layers [(assoc (texture "outside-castle/background.png") :x 0 :y 0 :baseline 0)]
-                      :entities {:peddler (assoc (texture "outside-castle/peddler.png") :x 110 :y 90 :baseline 150 :anim nil :talk peddler-talk)}
+                      :entities {:peddler (actions/start-animation screen
+                                                                   (assoc (texture "outside-castle/peddler.png") :x 110 :y 90 :baseline 150 :anim nil
+                                                                          :talk peddler-talk :stand peddler-stand)
+                                                                   :stand)}
                       :collision "outside-castle/collision.png"
                       :scale-fn (scaler-fn-with-baseline 110 0.10 1.00))}))