diff --git a/src/main/java/com/minecolonies/core/colony/managers/CitizenManager.java b/src/main/java/com/minecolonies/core/colony/managers/CitizenManager.java
index 1bea9f5c10a..8b31e5261a7 100755
--- a/src/main/java/com/minecolonies/core/colony/managers/CitizenManager.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/minecolonies/core/colony/managers/CitizenManager.java
@@ -312,10 +312,11 @@ private ICitizenData spawnCitizenOnPosition(
 
         entity.setUUID(citizenData.getUUID());
         entity.setPos(spawnPoint.getX() + HALF_BLOCK, spawnPoint.getY() + SLIGHTLY_UP, spawnPoint.getZ() + HALF_BLOCK);
-        world.addFreshEntity(entity);
 
         entity.setCitizenId(citizenData.getId());
         entity.getCitizenColonyHandler().setColonyId(colony.getID());
+
+        world.addFreshEntity(entity);
         if (entity.isAddedToWorld())
         {
             entity.getCitizenColonyHandler().registerWithColony(citizenData.getColony().getID(), citizenData.getId());