diff --git a/src/gfx.c b/src/gfx.c
index 5e7806a..9f1bb5c 100644
--- a/src/gfx.c
+++ b/src/gfx.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* $Id: gfx.c,v 1.30 2004/01/25 02:21:01 stpohle Exp $ */
+/* $Id: gfx.c,v 1.31 2004/01/27 20:49:07 stpohle Exp $ */
 /* gfx.c */
 
 #include "bomberclone.h"
@@ -106,6 +106,25 @@ gfx_load_players (int sx, int sy)
     gfx.ill.image = SDL_DisplayFormat (tmpimage1);
     SDL_FreeSurface (tmpimage);
     SDL_FreeSurface (tmpimage1);
+
+	
+    /* load the illnessthing */
+    sprintf (filename, "%s/player/respawn.png", bman.datapath);
+    tmpimage = IMG_Load (filename);
+    if (tmpimage == NULL) {
+        printf ("Can't load image: %s\n", SDL_GetError ());
+        exit (1);
+    }
+    gfx.respawn.frames = tmpimage->h / (2 * GFX_IMGSIZE);
+    tmpimage1 =
+        scale_image (tmpimage, (2 * sx * tmpimage->w) / (2 * GFX_IMGSIZE),
+                     gfx.respawn.frames * (2 * sy));
+//    getRGBpixel (tmpimage1, 0, 0, &r, &g, &b);
+//    SDL_SetColorKey (tmpimage1, SDL_SRCCOLORKEY, SDL_MapRGB (tmpimage1->format, r, g, b));
+    gfx.respawn.image = SDL_DisplayFormat (tmpimage1);
+    SDL_FreeSurface (tmpimage);
+    SDL_FreeSurface (tmpimage1);
+
 };
 
 
@@ -128,6 +147,8 @@ gfx_free_players ()
         SDL_FreeSurface (gfx.dead.image);
     if (gfx.ill.image != NULL)
         SDL_FreeSurface (gfx.ill.image);
+    if (gfx.respawn.image != NULL)
+        SDL_FreeSurface (gfx.respawn.image);
 }