diff --git a/player_variables.cs b/player_variables.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d644b44
--- /dev/null
+++ b/player_variables.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+using Godot;
+using System;
+using System.Text.RegularExpressions;
+
+public partial class player_variables : Node
+{
+    public static string PlayerName = "Yannik";
+
+    public static void ClearPlayerName() //normal getter setter crashes for some reason
+    {
+        PlayerName = Regex.Replace(PlayerName, @"\[[^]]+\]", "");
+        PlayerName = Regex.Replace(PlayerName, @"<[^>]*>", "");
+        if (PlayerName.Length > 12)
+            PlayerName = PlayerName.Substring(0, 12);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/project.godot b/project.godot
index ed9090f..df7c6a8 100644
--- a/project.godot
+++ b/project.godot
@@ -17,7 +17,8 @@ config/icon="res://assets/textures/debug/dummy-player-normal.png"
 
 [autoload]
 
-Essential="*res://src/essential.cs"
+Essential="res://src/essential.cs"
+PlayerVariables="*res://player_variables.cs"
 
 [display]
 
diff --git a/scenes/overworld.tscn b/scenes/overworld.tscn
index 7579988..d1750b8 100644
--- a/scenes/overworld.tscn
+++ b/scenes/overworld.tscn
@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@ layer_1/tile_data = PackedInt32Array(-262141, 0, 0, -196605, 0, 0, -196604, 0, 0
 metadata/_edit_lock_ = true
 
 [node name="player" parent="." instance=ExtResource("2_0skrb")]
-playerName = "Yannik"
 
 [node name="main_cam" parent="player" index="2"]
 limit_left = -1791
diff --git a/src/scene-scripts/console/console.cs b/src/scene-scripts/console/console.cs
index cb2ff70..bd6331f 100644
--- a/src/scene-scripts/console/console.cs
+++ b/src/scene-scripts/console/console.cs
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ public partial class console : PopupPanel
     public void OnLineEditTextSubmitted(string command)
     {
         line.Clear();
-        if (command.Length != 0) textblock.AddText(GetParent<player>().playerName + " > " + command + "\n");
+        if (command.Length != 0) textblock.AddText(player_variables.PlayerName + " > " + command + "\n");
         Variant args;
         if (command.Split(' ').Length == 2 && commandDict.ContainsKey(command.Split(' ')[0].ToLower()))
         {
@@ -102,12 +102,9 @@ public partial class console : PopupPanel
     }
     public void playername(string name)
     {
-        if (GetParent().Name == "player")
-        {
-            GetParent<player>().playerName = name;
-            GetParent<player>().ClearPlayerName();
-            textblock.AddText("Your new name is now: " + GetParent<player>().playerName + "\n");
-        }
+        player_variables.PlayerName = name;
+        player_variables.ClearPlayerName();
+        textblock.AddText("Your new name is now: " + player_variables.PlayerName + "\n");
     }
     public void reload() => GetTree().ReloadCurrentScene();
 }
diff --git a/src/scene-scripts/player.cs b/src/scene-scripts/player.cs
index 357aac3..46002cb 100644
--- a/src/scene-scripts/player.cs
+++ b/src/scene-scripts/player.cs
@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@ using System.Text.RegularExpressions;
 
 public partial class player : CharacterBody2D
 {
-
-    [Export] public string playerName;
     [Export] public float speed = 1;
     public bool allowMovement = true;
     public Vector2 movement;
@@ -15,18 +13,10 @@ public partial class player : CharacterBody2D
 
     public override void _Ready()
     {
-        ClearPlayerName();
         animatedSprite = GetNode<AnimatedSprite2D>("animated_sprite_2d");
         rotCenter = GetNode<Marker2D>("rotation_center");
         dialogRayCast = GetNode<RayCast2D>("rotation_center/ray_cast_2d");
     }
-    public void ClearPlayerName()
-    {
-        playerName = Regex.Replace(playerName, @"\[[^]]+\]", "");
-        playerName = Regex.Replace(playerName, @"<[^>]*>", "");
-        if (playerName.Length > 12)
-            playerName = playerName.Substring(0, 12);
-    }
     public override void _PhysicsProcess(double delta)
     {
         if (allowMovement) movement = Input.GetVector("move_left", "move_right", "move_up", "move_down");
@@ -38,7 +28,7 @@ public partial class player : CharacterBody2D
     {
         if (Input.IsActionJustPressed("ui_accept") && dialogRayCast.IsColliding() && allowMovement)
             GetNode<dialog_bubble>("dialog_bubble").GetDialog(dialogRayCast.GetCollider().Get("file").AsString(), dialogRayCast.GetCollider().Get("title").AsString(),
-            (Area2D)dialogRayCast.GetCollider(), playerName, dialogRayCast.GetCollider().Get("introducedVillager").AsBool());
+            (Area2D)dialogRayCast.GetCollider(), player_variables.PlayerName, dialogRayCast.GetCollider().Get("introducedVillager").AsBool());
 
         //animation system (with controller support wich cant get normalized vector)
         if (allowMovement == false)