diff --git a/objects/player/player.gd b/objects/player/player.gd
index 2c94c6c..6e11515 100644
--- a/objects/player/player.gd
+++ b/objects/player/player.gd
@@ -373,3 +373,8 @@ func _process_movement(delta: float) -> void:
 func _on_Hitbox_body_entered(body: Node) -> void:
 	if body.is_in_group("death"):
 		die()
+
+
+func _on_Ducking_event_received(event):
+	if event == "jump":
+		position.y -= 1
diff --git a/objects/player/player.tscn b/objects/player/player.tscn
index 59d869d..1401257 100644
--- a/objects/player/player.tscn
+++ b/objects/player/player.tscn
@@ -1042,6 +1042,14 @@ to = NodePath("../../Shooting")
 event = "shoot"
 guard_expression = "can_shoot"
 
+[node name="On Jump" type="Node" parent="StateChart/Root/Movement/Grounded/Ducking"]
+script = ExtResource( 10 )
+__meta__ = {
+"_editor_description_": "enter jump state when the jump button is pressed"
+}
+to = NodePath("../../../Airborne/Jump/NormalJump")
+event = "jump"
+
 [node name="Shooting" type="Node" parent="StateChart/Root/Movement/Grounded"]
 script = ExtResource( 11 )
 consumed_events = [ "jump", "duck_pressed" ]
@@ -1251,6 +1259,7 @@ script = ExtResource( 8 )
 [connection signal="state_entered" from="StateChart/Root/Movement/Grounded/CanWalk/Walking" to="." method="_on_Walking_state_entered"]
 [connection signal="state_entered" from="StateChart/Root/Movement/Grounded/CanWalk/Blinking" to="." method="_on_Blinking_state_entered"]
 [connection signal="state_entered" from="StateChart/Root/Movement/Grounded/CanWalk/Stimming" to="." method="_on_Stimming_state_entered"]
+[connection signal="event_received" from="StateChart/Root/Movement/Grounded/Ducking" to="." method="_on_Ducking_event_received"]
 [connection signal="state_entered" from="StateChart/Root/Movement/Grounded/Ducking" to="." method="_on_Ducking_state_entered"]
 [connection signal="state_entered" from="StateChart/Root/Movement/Grounded/Shooting" to="." method="_on_Shooting_state_entered"]
 [connection signal="state_entered" from="StateChart/Root/Movement/Grounded/Pushing" to="." method="_on_Pushing_state_entered"]