diff --git a/application/forms/AddNodeForm.php b/application/forms/AddNodeForm.php
index 4413421..e79bf36 100644
--- a/application/forms/AddNodeForm.php
+++ b/application/forms/AddNodeForm.php
@@ -383,11 +383,12 @@ class AddNodeForm extends QuickForm
             case 'new-process':
                 $properties = $this->getValues();
                 unset($properties['name']);
+                $properties['parentName'] = $this->parent->getName();
                 $changes->createNode($this->getValue('name'), $properties);
                 break;
         }
 
-        // Trigger session desctruction to make sure it get's stored.
+        // Trigger session destruction to make sure it get's stored.
         // TODO: figure out why this is necessary, might be an unclean shutdown on redirect
         unset($changes);
 
diff --git a/library/Businessprocess/BpNode.php b/library/Businessprocess/BpNode.php
index efa8999..cef6298 100644
--- a/library/Businessprocess/BpNode.php
+++ b/library/Businessprocess/BpNode.php
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ class BpNode extends Node
             $this->getChildren();
         }
 
-        $name = (string) $node;
+        $name = $node->getName();
         if (array_key_exists($name, $this->children)) {
             throw new ConfigurationError(
                 'Node "%s" has been defined more than once',
diff --git a/library/Businessprocess/Modification/NodeAddChildrenAction.php b/library/Businessprocess/Modification/NodeAddChildrenAction.php
index 8ccd08c..dfd2ac2 100644
--- a/library/Businessprocess/Modification/NodeAddChildrenAction.php
+++ b/library/Businessprocess/Modification/NodeAddChildrenAction.php
@@ -36,14 +36,23 @@ class NodeAddChildrenAction extends NodeAction
             //       be a different action
             return $this;
         }
-        $node = $bp->getNode($this->getNodeName());
-        $existing = $node->getChildNames();
+
+        $node = $config->getBpNode($this->getNodeName());
+
         foreach ($this->children as $name) {
-            if (! in_array($name, $existing)) {
-                $existing[] = $name;
+            if (! $config->hasNode($name)) {
+                if (strpos($name, ';') !== false) {
+                    list($host, $service) = preg_split('/;/', $name, 2);
+
+                    if ($service === 'Hoststatus') {
+                        $config->createHost($host);
+                    } else {
+                        $config->createService($host, $service);
+                    }
+                }
             }
+            $node->addChild($config->getNode($name));
         }
-        $node->setChildNames($existing);
 
         return $this;
     }
diff --git a/library/Businessprocess/Modification/NodeCreateAction.php b/library/Businessprocess/Modification/NodeCreateAction.php
index c3bac80..69dc77c 100644
--- a/library/Businessprocess/Modification/NodeCreateAction.php
+++ b/library/Businessprocess/Modification/NodeCreateAction.php
@@ -91,17 +91,18 @@ class NodeCreateAction extends NodeAction
         } else {
             $properties['child_names'] = array();
         }
-        $node = new BpNode($bp, (object) $properties);
+        $node = new BpNode($config, (object) $properties);
 
         foreach ($this->getProperties() as $key => $val) {
+            if ($key === 'parentName') {
+                $config->getBpNode($val)->addChild($node);
+                continue;
+            }
             $func = 'set' . ucfirst($key);
             $node->$func($val);
         }
 
-        $bp->addNode($name, $node);
-        if ($this->hasParent()) {
-            $node->addParent($bp->getNode($this->getParentName()));
-        }
+        $config->addNode($name, $node);
 
         return $node;
     }