diff --git a/binaries/data/mods/public/simulation/templates/other/palisades_rocks_tower.xml b/binaries/data/mods/public/simulation/templates/other/palisades_rocks_tower.xml
index 291beba536..8795f860f8 100644
--- a/binaries/data/mods/public/simulation/templates/other/palisades_rocks_tower.xml
+++ b/binaries/data/mods/public/simulation/templates/other/palisades_rocks_tower.xml
@@ -24,12 +24,13 @@
 	<SelectionGroupName>other/wallset_palisade</SelectionGroupName>
     <SpecificName>Palisade</SpecificName>
     <GenericName>Wooden Wall</GenericName>
-    <Classes datatype="tokens">-StoneWall Palisade</Classes>
+    <Classes datatype="tokens">-StoneWall Palisade Tower</Classes>
     <History>A cheap, quick defensive structure constructed with sharpened tree trunks</History>
     <Icon>gaia/special_palisade.png</Icon>
 	</Identity>
   <Obstruction>
     <Static width="4.0" depth="4.0"/>
+    <ControlPersist/>
   </Obstruction>
   <StatusBars>
     <HeightOffset>9.0</HeightOffset>
diff --git a/binaries/data/mods/public/simulation/templates/other/palisades_rocks_watchtower.xml b/binaries/data/mods/public/simulation/templates/other/palisades_rocks_watchtower.xml
index ec1c1f97cd..e395f259e3 100644
--- a/binaries/data/mods/public/simulation/templates/other/palisades_rocks_watchtower.xml
+++ b/binaries/data/mods/public/simulation/templates/other/palisades_rocks_watchtower.xml
@@ -14,11 +14,12 @@
     <Civ>gaia</Civ>
     <SpecificName>Watchtower</SpecificName>
     <GenericName>Wooden Watch Tower</GenericName>
-    <Classes datatype="tokens">-StoneWall Palisade</Classes>
+    <Classes datatype="tokens">-StoneWall Palisade Tower</Classes>
     <History>A cheap, quick tall structure</History>
   </Identity>
   <Obstruction>
     <Static width="5.0" depth="5.0"/>
+    <ControlPersist/>
   </Obstruction>
   <TerritoryInfluence disable=""/>
   <VisualActor>
diff --git a/binaries/data/mods/public/simulation/templates/template_structure_defense_wall_tower.xml b/binaries/data/mods/public/simulation/templates/template_structure_defense_wall_tower.xml
index 1b74475255..8513e0831d 100644
--- a/binaries/data/mods/public/simulation/templates/template_structure_defense_wall_tower.xml
+++ b/binaries/data/mods/public/simulation/templates/template_structure_defense_wall_tower.xml
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@
   </Loot>
   <Obstruction>
     <Static width="6.0" depth="6.0"/>
+    <ControlPersist/>
   </Obstruction>
   <Sound>
     <SoundGroups>