diff --git a/src/common/gamecode/randenc.c b/src/common/gamecode/randenc.c
index 812083013..2156ca850 100644
--- a/src/common/gamecode/randenc.c
+++ b/src/common/gamecode/randenc.c
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /* vi: set ts=2:
  *
- *	$Id: randenc.c,v 1.7 2001/02/10 10:40:10 enno Exp $
+ *	$Id: randenc.c,v 1.8 2001/02/10 14:07:29 corwin Exp $
  *	Eressea PB(E)M host Copyright (C) 1998-2000
  *      Christian Schlittchen (corwin@amber.kn-bremen.de)
  *      Katja Zedel (katze@felidae.kn-bremen.de)
@@ -443,7 +443,7 @@ get_allies(region * r, unit * u)
 		break;
 	}
 
-	newunit->faction = u->faction;
+	u_setfaction(newunit, u->faction);
 	if (u->race==RC_DAEMON) newunit->irace=u->irace;
 	if (fval(u, FL_PARTEITARNUNG)) fset(newunit, FL_PARTEITARNUNG);
 	fset(u, FL_ISNEW);
@@ -1372,7 +1372,7 @@ randomevents(void)
 				if (rand()%100 < 5) {
 					add_message(&u->faction->msgs, new_message(u->faction,
 						"desertion%u:unit%r:region", u, r));
-					u->faction = findfaction(MONSTER_FACTION);
+					u_setfaction(u, findfaction(MONSTER_FACTION));
 				}
 			}
 		}
diff --git a/src/common/triggers/changefaction.c b/src/common/triggers/changefaction.c
index 28852a4ed..bc2631941 100644
--- a/src/common/triggers/changefaction.c
+++ b/src/common/triggers/changefaction.c
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /* vi: set ts=2:
  *
- *	$Id: changefaction.c,v 1.2 2001/01/26 16:19:41 enno Exp $
+ *	$Id: changefaction.c,v 1.3 2001/02/10 14:07:29 corwin Exp $
  *	Eressea PB(E)M host Copyright (C) 1998-2000
  *      Christian Schlittchen (corwin@amber.kn-bremen.de)
  *      Katja Zedel (katze@felidae.kn-bremen.de)
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ changefaction_handle(trigger * t, void * data)
 	 */
 	changefaction_data * td = (changefaction_data*)t->data.v;
 	if (td->unit && td->faction) {
-		td->unit->faction = td->faction;
+		u_setfaction(td->unit, td->faction);
 	} else {
 		fprintf(stderr, "\aERROR: could not perform changefaction::handle()\n");
 	}