Working station for attaching a profile element to a planar workpiece, namely in a groove of a panel, which workpiece preferably at least partially comprises a wooden, wood-based or plastics portion, said working station comprising: a feed drive (20a, 20b) for feeding in a profile element strand from a storage device (300, 300a), a preferably vertically oriented intermediate store for receiving a portion of the profile element strand, an intermediate drive (30a, 30b) and a severing station for severing the profile element strand, the working station comprising a freely rotating pressure roller for pressing a portion of the profile element strand fed through the intermediate drive (30a, 30b) against a workpiece, the profile element strand being conveyed to the pressure roller in a positionally accurate manner by means of the intermediate drive (30a, 30b), a deflection device (200, 200a) being attached to the working station, the profile element strand leaving the storage device (300, 300a) and being deflected into a substantially vertical direction by means of the deflection device (200, 200a), characterised in that a first guide channel is provided between the feed drive (20a, 20b) and the intermediate store optionally in the throughput direction of the profile element strand, and a second guide channel is provided between the intermediate store and the intermediate drive (30a, 30b), the profile element strand being movable in a relatively free manner in the intermediate store and being deflected from a somewhat vertical direction into a direction pointing downwards in the vertical direction by means of a rounded portion of the intermediate store that is at the top in the vertical direction, such that the profile element strand enters the second guide channel. a feed drive (20a, 20b) for feeding in a profile element strand from a storage device (300, 300a), a preferably vertically oriented intermediate store for receiving a portion of the profile element strand, an intermediate drive (30a, 30b) and a severing station for severing the profile element strand, the working station comprising a freely rotating pressure roller for pressing a portion of the profile element strand fed through the intermediate drive (30a, 30b) against a workpiece, the profile element strand being conveyed to the pressure roller in a positionally accurate manner by means of the intermediate drive (30a, 30b), a deflection device (200, 200a) being attached to the working station, the profile element strand leaving the storage device (300, 300a) and being deflected into a substantially vertical direction by means of the deflection device (200, 200a), characterised in that a first guide channel is provided between the feed drive (20a, 20b) and the intermediate store optionally in the throughput direction of the profile element strand, and a second guide channel is provided between the intermediate store and the intermediate drive (30a, 30b), the profile element strand being movable in a relatively free manner in the intermediate store and being deflected from a somewhat vertical direction into a direction pointing downwards in the vertical direction by means of a rounded portion of the intermediate store that is at the top in the vertical direction, such that the profile element strand enters the second guide channel.