diff --git a/src/de/tud/kom/p2psim/impl/energy/components/MultiStateEnergyComponent.java b/src/de/tud/kom/p2psim/impl/energy/components/MultiStateEnergyComponent.java
index 94a66de50d7944abc4cb742ca90cfbd35aeae681..66443d76eabb6f7af5c3c49cfa026956a7b2d6d4 100644
--- a/src/de/tud/kom/p2psim/impl/energy/components/MultiStateEnergyComponent.java
+++ b/src/de/tud/kom/p2psim/impl/energy/components/MultiStateEnergyComponent.java
@@ -128,7 +128,20 @@ public class MultiStateEnergyComponent implements EnergyComponent{
 	 */
 	public EnergyState getSleepState() {
 		for(EnergyState es : states) {
-			if(es.getName().contains("sleep")) {
+			if(es.getName().toUpperCase().contains("SLEEP")) {
+				return es;
+			}
+		}
+		return null;
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Returns the first state with the string active in its name
+	 * @return the active state
+	 */
+	public EnergyState getActiveState() {
+		for(EnergyState es : states) {
+			if(es.getName().toUpperCase().contains("ACTIVE")) {
 				return es;
 			}
 		}
diff --git a/src/de/tud/kom/p2psim/impl/wsn/microcontroller/GenericMicrocontroller.java b/src/de/tud/kom/p2psim/impl/wsn/microcontroller/GenericMicrocontroller.java
index 2c128d6b5b68f83d2ba04e7c872b49c3fb0d29a9..97e7776870cd0b857bc251145f848571e5d63bb3 100644
--- a/src/de/tud/kom/p2psim/impl/wsn/microcontroller/GenericMicrocontroller.java
+++ b/src/de/tud/kom/p2psim/impl/wsn/microcontroller/GenericMicrocontroller.java
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ public class GenericMicrocontroller implements EnergyAwareHostComponent {
 		this.active = true;
 		
 		EnergyState stateActive = new DefaultEnergyState("active", energyConsumptionActive);
-		EnergyState stateSleep = new DefaultEnergyState("active", energyConsumptionSleep);
+		EnergyState stateSleep = new DefaultEnergyState("sleep", energyConsumptionSleep);
 		
 		List<EnergyState> states = new LinkedList<>();
 		states.add(stateActive);