diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index e474614..08fe51f 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 .vscode/*
 .DS_Store
 DoxyGen/DoxyWarnLogfile.txt
-**/__pycache__/*
\ No newline at end of file
+**/__pycache__/*
+RoboidControl.egg-info/
diff --git a/RoboidControl/Thing.py b/RoboidControl/Thing.py
index fd6c6d2..580e8d8 100644
--- a/RoboidControl/Thing.py
+++ b/RoboidControl/Thing.py
@@ -58,6 +58,8 @@ class Thing:
         elif owner == None:
             from RoboidControl.ParticipantUDP import ParticipantUDP            
             self.owner = ParticipantUDP.Isolated()
+        else:
+            self.owner = owner
 
         ## The children of this thing
         self.children = []