diff --git a/res/images/items/item3.png b/res/images/items/item3.png
index 9c1c635..2d12ab2 100644
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diff --git a/res/images/items/item4.png b/res/images/items/item4.png
index fd349ea..2f200a5 100644
Binary files a/res/images/items/item4.png and b/res/images/items/item4.png differ
diff --git a/src/de/teamteamteam/spacescooter/GameFrame.java b/src/de/teamteamteam/spacescooter/GameFrame.java
index b2b16d6..55a3d49 100644
--- a/src/de/teamteamteam/spacescooter/GameFrame.java
+++ b/src/de/teamteamteam/spacescooter/GameFrame.java
@@ -156,9 +156,10 @@ public class GameFrame extends JFrame {
 
 	/**
 	 * Apply rendering hints to the given Graphics2D.
+	 * KEY_ANTIALIASING is very expensive and doesn't do much more over KEY_TEXT_ANTIALIASING
 	 */
 	private void applyRenderingHints(Graphics2D bufferedGraphics) {
-		bufferedGraphics.setRenderingHint(RenderingHints.KEY_ANTIALIASING, RenderingHints.VALUE_ANTIALIAS_ON);
+		//bufferedGraphics.setRenderingHint(RenderingHints.KEY_ANTIALIASING, RenderingHints.VALUE_ANTIALIAS_ON);
 		bufferedGraphics.setRenderingHint(RenderingHints.KEY_TEXT_ANTIALIASING, RenderingHints.VALUE_TEXT_ANTIALIAS_ON);
 	}
 	
diff --git a/src/de/teamteamteam/spacescooter/entity/Player.java b/src/de/teamteamteam/spacescooter/entity/Player.java
index 689594b..a2a1f30 100644
--- a/src/de/teamteamteam/spacescooter/entity/Player.java
+++ b/src/de/teamteamteam/spacescooter/entity/Player.java
@@ -125,4 +125,12 @@ public class Player extends ShootingEntity implements KeyboardListener {
 		return (int) this.shieldPercent;
 	}
 	
+	public void increaseHealthPoints(int inc) {
+		if (this.getHealthPoints() <= 85) {
+			this.setHealthPoints(getHealthPercent() + inc);
+		} else {
+			this.setHealthPoints(100);
+		}
+	}
+	
 }
diff --git a/src/de/teamteamteam/spacescooter/entity/item/Item.java b/src/de/teamteamteam/spacescooter/entity/item/Item.java
index 47a3b04..32177df 100644
--- a/src/de/teamteamteam/spacescooter/entity/item/Item.java
+++ b/src/de/teamteamteam/spacescooter/entity/item/Item.java
@@ -24,6 +24,12 @@ public abstract class Item extends CollidableEntity {
 	public void collideWith(Collidable entity) {
 		if(entity instanceof Player) {
 			SoundSystem.playSound("sounds/powerup_pickup.wav");
+			while(entityIterator.hasNext()) {
+				Entity e = entityIterator.next();
+				if(e instanceof Player){
+					itemCollected((Player) e);
+				}
+			}
 			this.remove();
 		}
 	}
@@ -34,12 +40,6 @@ public abstract class Item extends CollidableEntity {
 			this.remove();
 		};
 		entityIterator.reset();
-		while(entityIterator.hasNext()) {
-			Entity e = entityIterator.next();
-			if(e instanceof Player){
-				itemCollected((Player) e);
-			}
-		}
 	}
 	
 	public abstract void itemCollected(Player player);
diff --git a/src/de/teamteamteam/spacescooter/entity/item/TestItem3.java b/src/de/teamteamteam/spacescooter/entity/item/TestItem3.java
index 8ff86bd..da47b0f 100644
--- a/src/de/teamteamteam/spacescooter/entity/item/TestItem3.java
+++ b/src/de/teamteamteam/spacescooter/entity/item/TestItem3.java
@@ -13,6 +13,6 @@ public class TestItem3 extends Item {
 
 	@Override
 	public void itemCollected(Player player) {
-		player.setShootDamage(player.getShootDamage()+5);
+		player.increaseHealthPoints(15);
 	}
 }
diff --git a/src/de/teamteamteam/spacescooter/thread/TimedThread.java b/src/de/teamteamteam/spacescooter/thread/TimedThread.java
index e2bd386..cbb4c15 100644
--- a/src/de/teamteamteam/spacescooter/thread/TimedThread.java
+++ b/src/de/teamteamteam/spacescooter/thread/TimedThread.java
@@ -18,6 +18,11 @@ public abstract class TimedThread extends Thread {
 	 */
 	private long workTime;
 	
+	/**
+	 * This is a quick hack :)
+	 */
+	private long runloops; 
+	
 	/**
 	 * This method sets the actual working interval based on hz.
 	 * 
@@ -32,6 +37,7 @@ public abstract class TimedThread extends Thread {
 	 */
 	public final void run() {
 		while (true) {
+			this.runloops++;
 			long workStart = System.nanoTime();
 			// do the actual work
 			this.work();
@@ -41,8 +47,9 @@ public abstract class TimedThread extends Thread {
 
 			long timeToWait = this.workInterval - workTime;
 			//in case we are already running late, just print a warning and carry on!
-			if(timeToWait < 0) {
+			if(timeToWait < 0 && this.runloops > 50) { // runloops for filtering out game start delays
 				System.err.println("[" + this.getName() + "] workTime exceeds workInterval!:" + this.workTime + " > " + this.workInterval);
+				runloops = 100; // overflow protect 
 				continue;
 			}
 			long msToWait = timeToWait / 1000000;