diff --git a/database-service/src/characters.rs b/database-service/src/characters.rs
index c7b72b6..e1ad69d 100644
--- a/database-service/src/characters.rs
+++ b/database-service/src/characters.rs
@@ -142,9 +142,13 @@ impl CharacterRepository {
             return Ok(characters);
         }
 
+        // Update the is_active flag
+        let query = "UPDATE character SET \"isActive\" = (\"deletedAt\" IS NULL OR \"deletedAt\" > now()) WHERE \"userId\" = $1";
+        let _ = sqlx::query(query).bind(user_id.clone()).execute(&self.pool).await?;
+        
         // Fetch from database
         let characters = sqlx::query_as::<_, Character>(
-            "SELECT id, \"userId\" as user_id, name, money, inventory, stats, skills, looks, position, \"createdAt\" as created_at, \"updatedAt\" as updated_at, extract(epoch from (\"deletedAt\" - now()))::BIGINT as deleted_at, \"isActive\" as is_active FROM character WHERE \"userId\" = $1 AND \"isActive\" = true",
+            "SELECT id, \"userId\" as user_id, name, money, inventory, stats, skills, looks, position, \"createdAt\" as created_at, \"updatedAt\" as updated_at, extract(epoch from (\"deletedAt\" - now()))::BIGINT as deleted_at, (\"deletedAt\" IS NULL OR \"deletedAt\" > now()) AS is_active FROM character WHERE \"userId\" = $1 AND \"isActive\" = true",
         )
             .bind(user_id)
             .fetch_all(&self.pool)