diff --git a/ws2012/P2P/uebungen/4/src/node/Node.java b/ws2012/P2P/uebungen/4/src/node/Node.java
index a1c8df58..c291b6ce 100644
--- a/ws2012/P2P/uebungen/4/src/node/Node.java
+++ b/ws2012/P2P/uebungen/4/src/node/Node.java
@@ -44,7 +44,8 @@ public class Node {
             this.name = channel.socket().getLocalSocketAddress().toString();
 
             udpListen = new UDPListen();
-            thread = new Thread(udpListen);            
+			thread = new Thread(udpListen);
+			thread.start();
 
             LOGGER.log(Level.INFO, "Initialized node {0}", name);
         } catch (IOException e) {