diff --git a/game/src/systems/kinematic_character_controller.rs b/game/src/systems/kinematic_character_controller.rs
index 41561a5..fd031c5 100644
--- a/game/src/systems/kinematic_character_controller.rs
+++ b/game/src/systems/kinematic_character_controller.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 use glam::{Quat, Vec3};
-use rapier3d::prelude::{nalgebra, ColliderBuilder, QueryFilter, RigidBodyBuilder};
+use rapier3d::prelude::{nalgebra, ColliderBuilder, QueryFilter, RigidBodyBuilder, RigidBodyType};
 use rapier3d::prelude::vector;
-use rapier3d::control::KinematicCharacterController as RapierKinematicCharacterController;
+use rapier3d::control::{CharacterCollision, KinematicCharacterController as RapierKinematicCharacterController};
 use rapier3d::na::{Isometry3, Vector3};
 use winit::event::DeviceEvent::MouseMotion;
 use winit::event::Event;
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ impl System for KinematicCharacterController {
         ));
 
         self.speed = 5.0;
-        self.sensitivity = 0.1;
+        self.sensitivity = 0.05;
         self.gravity = -9.81;
         self.max_fall_speed = -50.0;
         self.vertical_velocity = 0.0;
@@ -141,13 +141,14 @@ impl System for KinematicCharacterController {
         let mut total_displacement = self.desired_movement;
         total_displacement.y += self.vertical_velocity * pctx.time_ctx.fixed_dt;
 
+        let mut collisions: Vec<CharacterCollision> = Vec::new();
         let corrected_movement = self.character_controller.move_shape(
             pctx.time_ctx.fixed_dt,
             &query_pipeline,
             &*self.character_collider.shape,
             &Isometry3::from(self.last_position),
             vector![total_displacement.x, total_displacement.y, total_displacement.z],
-            |_| {},
+            |collision| collisions.push(collision),
         );
 
         // update character rigid body with the new translation.
@@ -165,6 +166,22 @@ impl System for KinematicCharacterController {
             }
         }
 
+        // apply impulses to dynamic bodies the character collided with
+        let character_push_force = 50.0;
+        for collision in collisions {
+            if let Some(collider) = p.collider_set.get(collision.handle) {
+                if let Some(rb_handle) = collider.parent() {
+                    if let Some(rb) = p.rigid_body_set.get_mut(rb_handle) {
+                        if rb.body_type() == RigidBodyType::Dynamic {
+                            let push_direction = -collision.hit.normal1.into_inner();
+                            let impulse = push_direction * character_push_force * pctx.time_ctx.fixed_dt;
+                            rb.apply_impulse(impulse, true);
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
         self.desired_movement = Vec3::ZERO;
     }
 }