diff --git a/src/Participant.cs b/src/Participant.cs
index 936fd3c..3276855 100644
--- a/src/Participant.cs
+++ b/src/Participant.cs
@@ -29,6 +29,10 @@ namespace RoboidControl {
         public Participant(string ipAddress, int port, Participant localParticipant = null) {
             this.ipAddress = ipAddress;
             this.port = port;
+
+            this.root = Thing.CreateRoot(this);
+            this.root.name = "Root";
+
             if (localParticipant != null)
                 this.udpClient = localParticipant.udpClient;
         }
@@ -39,7 +43,6 @@ namespace RoboidControl {
         }
 
         public Thing root = null;
-
         /// <summary>
         /// The Ip Address of a participant. When the participant is local, this contains 0.0.0.0
         /// </summary>