diff --git a/src/ts/player/player.ts b/src/ts/player/player.ts
index a464a8ad..2d51ce04 100644
--- a/src/ts/player/player.ts
+++ b/src/ts/player/player.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ export type SerializedPlayer = {
     name: string;
     balance: number;
     creationDate: string;
+
+    visitedSystemHistory: StarSystemCoordinates[];
+
     currentItinerary: StarSystemCoordinates[];
     systemBookmarks: StarSystemCoordinates[];
 
@@ -18,6 +21,8 @@ export class Player {
     balance: number;
     creationDate: Date;
 
+    visitedSystemHistory: StarSystemCoordinates[] = [];
+
     currentItinerary: StarSystemCoordinates[];
     systemBookmarks: StarSystemCoordinates[];
 
@@ -28,6 +33,7 @@ export class Player {
         name: string,
         balance: number,
         creationDate: Date,
+        visitedSystemHistory: StarSystemCoordinates[],
         currentItinerary: StarSystemCoordinates[],
         systemBookmarks: StarSystemCoordinates[],
         currentMissions: Mission[],
@@ -36,6 +42,7 @@ export class Player {
         this.name = name;
         this.balance = balance;
         this.creationDate = creationDate;
+        this.visitedSystemHistory = visitedSystemHistory;
         this.currentItinerary = currentItinerary;
         this.systemBookmarks = systemBookmarks;
         this.currentMissions = currentMissions;
@@ -43,7 +50,7 @@ export class Player {
     }
 
     public static Default(): Player {
-        return new Player("Python", 10_000, new Date(), [], [], [], []);
+        return new Player("Python", 10_000, new Date(), [], [], [], [], []);
     }
 
     public static Deserialize(serializedPlayer: SerializedPlayer): Player {
@@ -51,6 +58,7 @@ export class Player {
             serializedPlayer.name,
             serializedPlayer.balance,
             new Date(serializedPlayer.creationDate),
+            serializedPlayer.visitedSystemHistory,
             serializedPlayer.currentItinerary,
             serializedPlayer.systemBookmarks,
             serializedPlayer.currentMissions.map((mission) => Mission.Deserialize(mission)),
@@ -63,6 +71,7 @@ export class Player {
             name: player.name,
             balance: player.balance,
             creationDate: player.creationDate.toISOString(),
+            visitedSystemHistory: player.visitedSystemHistory,
             currentItinerary: player.currentItinerary,
             systemBookmarks: player.systemBookmarks,
             currentMissions: player.currentMissions.map((mission) => mission.serialize()),
@@ -74,6 +83,7 @@ export class Player {
         this.name = player.name;
         this.balance = player.balance;
         this.creationDate = player.creationDate;
+        this.visitedSystemHistory = player.visitedSystemHistory;
         this.currentItinerary = player.currentItinerary;
         this.systemBookmarks = player.systemBookmarks;
         this.currentMissions = player.currentMissions;
diff --git a/src/ts/starSystem/starSystemView.ts b/src/ts/starSystem/starSystemView.ts
index f4c554a2..6c6d5f0c 100644
--- a/src/ts/starSystem/starSystemView.ts
+++ b/src/ts/starSystem/starSystemView.ts
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ import { getSystemModelFromCoordinates } from "./modelFromCoordinates";
 import { StarSystemModel } from "./starSystemModel";
 import { OrbitalObjectType } from "../architecture/orbitalObject";
 import { OrbitalFacility } from "../spacestation/orbitalFacility";
+import { getStarGalacticPosition } from "../utils/coordinates/starSystemCoordinatesUtils";
 
 /**
  * The star system view is the part of Cosmos Journeyer responsible to display the current star system, along with the
@@ -417,6 +418,8 @@ export class StarSystemView implements View {
             this.starSystem.dispose();
             this.targetCursorLayer.reset();
             this.spaceStationLayer.reset();
+
+            this.player.visitedSystemHistory.push(this.starSystem.model.coordinates);
         }
 
         this.starSystem = new StarSystemController(starSystemModel, this.scene);
@@ -458,11 +461,32 @@ export class StarSystemView implements View {
         const firstBody = celestialBodies[0];
         if (firstBody === undefined) throw new Error("No bodies in star system");
 
-        const activeController = this.scene.getActiveControls();
-        let controllerDistanceFactor = 7;
+        const activeControls = this.scene.getActiveControls();
+        let controllerDistanceFactor = 4;
         if (firstBody instanceof BlackHole) controllerDistanceFactor = 5;
         else if (firstBody instanceof NeutronStar) controllerDistanceFactor = 100_000;
-        positionNearObjectBrightSide(activeController, firstBody, starSystem, controllerDistanceFactor);
+        if (this.player.visitedSystemHistory.length === 0) {
+            positionNearObjectBrightSide(activeControls, firstBody, starSystem, controllerDistanceFactor);
+        } else {
+            // place player in the direction of the previous system (where we came from)
+            const currentSystemPosition = getStarGalacticPosition(starSystem.model.coordinates);
+            const previousSystemPosition = getStarGalacticPosition(this.player.visitedSystemHistory[this.player.visitedSystemHistory.length - 1]);
+
+            // compute direction from previous system to current system
+            const placementDirection = previousSystemPosition.subtract(currentSystemPosition).normalize();
+            Vector3.TransformCoordinatesToRef(placementDirection, starSystem.starFieldBox.getRotationMatrix(), placementDirection);
+
+            // offset the player from the first body
+            const positionOffset = placementDirection.scale(controllerDistanceFactor * firstBody.getBoundingRadius());
+            activeControls.getTransform().setAbsolutePosition(firstBody.getTransform().getAbsolutePosition().add(positionOffset));
+
+            // put the player back to the origin of the star system
+            starSystem.translateEverythingNow(activeControls.getTransform().getAbsolutePosition().negate());
+            activeControls.getTransform().setAbsolutePosition(Vector3.Zero());
+
+            // look at the first body
+            activeControls.getTransform().lookAt(firstBody.getTransform().getAbsolutePosition());
+        }
 
         starSystem.initPostProcesses(this.postProcessManager);