diff --git a/src/main/java/org/matsim/run/LeipzigRouterPlanAlgorithm.java b/src/main/java/org/matsim/run/LeipzigRouterPlanAlgorithm.java
index aaf79d68..28a13ec2 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/matsim/run/LeipzigRouterPlanAlgorithm.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/matsim/run/LeipzigRouterPlanAlgorithm.java
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 import org.matsim.api.core.v01.population.*;
 import org.matsim.contrib.vsp.scenario.SnzActivities;
 import org.matsim.core.controler.PersonPrepareForSimAlgorithm;
+import org.matsim.core.network.NetworkUtils;
 import org.matsim.core.network.filter.NetworkFilterManager;
 import org.matsim.core.population.algorithms.PlanAlgorithm;
 import org.matsim.core.population.algorithms.XY2Links;
@@ -74,7 +75,11 @@ private static LeipzigUtils.PersonParkingBehaviour getParkingBehaviour(Network f
 
 			// check if non-home activity (since otherwise we assume that there is no parking restriction):
 			//link might be null if inside car free zone (i.e. not in modal network)
-			if (link == null || isParkingRelevantActivity(activity)) {
+			if (isParkingRelevantActivity(activity)) {
+
+				if (link==null) {
+					link = NetworkUtils.getNearestLink(fullModalNetwork, activity.getCoord());
+				}
 
 				if (isLinkParkingTypeInsideResidentialArea(link)) {
 					parkingBehaviour = LeipzigUtils.PersonParkingBehaviour.parkingSearchLogicLeipzig;
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/matsim/run/ParkingLeipzigTest.java b/src/test/java/org/matsim/run/ParkingLeipzigTest.java
index d244bf32..f6b6affb 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/matsim/run/ParkingLeipzigTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/matsim/run/ParkingLeipzigTest.java
@@ -83,7 +83,12 @@ public final void runPoint1pctIntegrationTestWithParkingWithCarFreeArea() {
 		EventsManager eventsManager = EventsUtils.createEventsManager();
 		eventsManager.addHandler(new ParkingActivityStartEventHandler());
 		EventsUtils.readEvents(eventsManager , output +"/" + "/leipzig-1pct.output_events.xml.gz");
-		Assert.assertTrue(ParkingActivityStartEventHandler.parkingEvents.size() == 0);
+
+		for (ActivityStartEvent event: ParkingActivityStartEventHandler.parkingEvents) {
+			if (event.getPersonId().equals("parkingAgentCarFreeLeisureCloseToResParkingZone")) {
+				Assert.assertTrue(event.getLinkId().equals("11827009#2"));
+			}
+		}
 	}
 
 	class ParkingActivityStartEventHandler implements ActivityStartEventHandler {