diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index f7cb2cbc8..209bf858e 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ and this project adheres to
 * [person] show number of children + allow set number of children to null (https://gitlab.com/champs-libres/departement-de-la-vendee/accent-suivi-developpement/-/issues/191)
 * [person] show acceptSMS option (https://gitlab.com/champs-libres/departement-de-la-vendee/accent-suivi-developpement/-/issues/191)
 * [person] add death information in person render box in twig and vue render boxes (https://gitlab.com/champs-libres/departement-de-la-vendee/accent-suivi-developpement/-/issues/191)
-
+* [asideactivity] creation of aside activity category fixed (https://gitlab.com/champs-libres/departement-de-la-vendee/accent-suivi-developpement/-/issues/262)
 
 ## Test releases
 
diff --git a/src/Bundle/ChillAsideActivityBundle/src/Entity/AsideActivityCategory.php b/src/Bundle/ChillAsideActivityBundle/src/Entity/AsideActivityCategory.php
index 8ef9664c7..334b15471 100644
--- a/src/Bundle/ChillAsideActivityBundle/src/Entity/AsideActivityCategory.php
+++ b/src/Bundle/ChillAsideActivityBundle/src/Entity/AsideActivityCategory.php
@@ -162,8 +162,12 @@ class AsideActivityCategory
     public function setParent(?self $parent): self
     {
         // cache the old result for changing it during validaiton
-        $this->oldParent = $this->parent;
+        if($this->parent) {
+            $this->oldParent = $this->parent;
+        }
+
         $this->parent = $parent;
+        dump($this);
 
         return $this;
     }