diff --git a/src/de/bricked/ui/LevelController.java b/src/de/bricked/ui/LevelController.java
index a5cf4961b7b2709f60d4eb712e42d03a4355c8cc..c112bb592080e125ec68d4896589d4be2c7ce5dc 100644
--- a/src/de/bricked/ui/LevelController.java
+++ b/src/de/bricked/ui/LevelController.java
@@ -561,7 +561,13 @@ public class LevelController
 		labelPause.setTranslateX(((gamePaneWidth - t.getLayoutBounds().getWidth() + 10) / 2) + 22);
 		labelPause.setTranslateY(((gamePaneHeight - t.getLayoutBounds().getHeight()) / 2) + 125); 		
 		
-		anchorPane.getChildren().add(labelPause);		
+		anchorPane.getChildren().add(labelPause);
+		
+		//pause all timedPowerUps
+		for(CountdownTimer currentTimer : timedPowerUps)
+		{
+			currentTimer.stop();
+		}
 	}
 	
 	private void restart()
@@ -571,6 +577,13 @@ public class LevelController
 		fps = 0;
 		anchorPaneGame.setOpacity(1.0);
 		anchorPane.getChildren().remove(anchorPane.getChildren().size() - 1);
+		
+		//restart all timedPowerUps
+		for(CountdownTimer currentTimer : timedPowerUps)
+		{
+			currentTimer.start();
+		}
+				
 		timer.start();			
 	}
 
diff --git a/src/de/bricked/utils/CountdownTimer.java b/src/de/bricked/utils/CountdownTimer.java
index 84cb3ace09343674e10c5a97874acbadbc11371b..6f148ce5e26e2c363b7903f2d7587b7ef149e167 100644
--- a/src/de/bricked/utils/CountdownTimer.java
+++ b/src/de/bricked/utils/CountdownTimer.java
@@ -12,17 +12,33 @@ public class CountdownTimer
 {
 	private int count;	
 	private HBox hbox;	
+	private LevelController levelController;
 	private Timer timer;
+	private TimerTask task;
+	private CountdownTimer self;
 
 	public CountdownTimer(int seconds, HBox hbox, LevelController levelController)
 	{
 		this.count = seconds;
-		this.hbox = hbox;
+		this.hbox = hbox;		
+		self = this;
 		
-		CountdownTimer self = this;
-		
-		timer = new Timer();
-		TimerTask task = new TimerTask()
+		start();
+	}
+	
+	public void addSecondsToTimer(int seconds)
+	{
+		this.count += seconds;
+	}	
+	
+	public HBox getHBox()
+	{
+		return hbox;
+	}	
+	
+	public void start()
+	{
+		task = new TimerTask()
 		{
 			@Override
 			public void run()
@@ -52,22 +68,13 @@ public class CountdownTimer
 				}				
 			}
 		};
+		timer = new Timer();		
 		timer.schedule(task, 0, 1000);
 	}
 	
-	public void addSecondsToTimer(int seconds)
-	{
-		this.count += seconds;
-	}	
-	
-	public HBox getHBox()
-	{
-		return hbox;
-	}	
-	
 	public void stop()
 	{
-		timer.cancel();
+		timer.cancel();		
 		timer.purge();
 	}
 }
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