diff --git a/src/categories.js b/src/categories.js
index bf9e59aefe..5303eda1b9 100644
--- a/src/categories.js
+++ b/src/categories.js
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ var db = require('./database'),
 				bgColor: data.bgColor,
 				color: data.color,
 				slug: slug,
+				parentCid: 0,
 				topic_count: 0,
 				post_count: 0,
 				disabled: 0,