diff --git a/gui-backend/pom.xml b/gui-backend/pom.xml
index 74c6fe1ed02ec5371e5c9337ef8f1fc7f71a82db..8d2860abc653664243a04fd08444a7343ea07245 100644
--- a/gui-backend/pom.xml
+++ b/gui-backend/pom.xml
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>cloud.morphemic.connectors</groupId>
             <artifactId>proactive_client</artifactId>
-            <version>2.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+            <version>2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
diff --git a/gui-backend/src/main/java/eu/melodic/upperware/guibackend/communication/proactive/ProactiveClientServiceGUI.java b/gui-backend/src/main/java/eu/melodic/upperware/guibackend/communication/proactive/ProactiveClientServiceGUI.java
index 180b8c27e6315e4e951563e2fb93c63a3f9ef695..f16be61bf694ae7aae6de61b84e9a42dac8ac601 100644
--- a/gui-backend/src/main/java/eu/melodic/upperware/guibackend/communication/proactive/ProactiveClientServiceGUI.java
+++ b/gui-backend/src/main/java/eu/melodic/upperware/guibackend/communication/proactive/ProactiveClientServiceGUI.java
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ public interface ProactiveClientServiceGUI extends IProactiveClientServiceConnec
 
     List<Location> getAllLocation();
 
-    ByonNode registerNewByonNode(ByonDefinition byonNodeDefinition, String jobId);
+    ByonNode registerNewByonNode(ByonDefinition byonNodeDefinition, String jobId, boolean automate);
 
     List<ByonNode> getByonNodeList(String jobId);
 
diff --git a/gui-backend/src/main/java/eu/melodic/upperware/guibackend/communication/proactive/ProactiveClientServiceGUIImpl.java b/gui-backend/src/main/java/eu/melodic/upperware/guibackend/communication/proactive/ProactiveClientServiceGUIImpl.java
index 440ea11046b04a68237343902cb3e5de16816c33..12c0274712d95f560491882a53287be3b732577a 100644
--- a/gui-backend/src/main/java/eu/melodic/upperware/guibackend/communication/proactive/ProactiveClientServiceGUIImpl.java
+++ b/gui-backend/src/main/java/eu/melodic/upperware/guibackend/communication/proactive/ProactiveClientServiceGUIImpl.java
@@ -41,8 +41,8 @@ public class ProactiveClientServiceGUIImpl extends ProactiveClientServiceConnect
     }
 
     @Override
-    public ByonNode registerNewByonNode(ByonDefinition byonNodeDefinition, String jobId) {
-        return getPAGateway().map(paGateway -> paGateway.registerNewByonNode(byonNodeDefinition, jobId)).orElse(null);
+    public ByonNode registerNewByonNode(ByonDefinition byonNodeDefinition, String jobId, boolean automate) {
+        return getPAGateway().map(paGateway -> paGateway.registerNewByonNode(byonNodeDefinition, jobId, automate)).orElse(null);
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/gui-backend/src/main/java/eu/melodic/upperware/guibackend/controller/byon/ByonController.java b/gui-backend/src/main/java/eu/melodic/upperware/guibackend/controller/byon/ByonController.java
index 3246e260fa5dcd4122def3dd8f2a9929a11a013a..a4aaa01d8f01058f269abf59f4d9e635b4e797b8 100644
--- a/gui-backend/src/main/java/eu/melodic/upperware/guibackend/controller/byon/ByonController.java
+++ b/gui-backend/src/main/java/eu/melodic/upperware/guibackend/controller/byon/ByonController.java
@@ -66,9 +66,10 @@ public class ByonController {
 
     @PostMapping("/proactive/{byonDefinitionId}")
     @ResponseStatus(HttpStatus.CREATED)
-    public eu.passage.upperware.commons.model.byon.ByonNode createByonNode(@PathVariable(value = "byonDefinitionId") int byonDefinitionId, @RequestParam(value = "applicationId") String applicationId) {
+    public eu.passage.upperware.commons.model.byon.ByonNode createByonNode(@PathVariable(value = "byonDefinitionId") int byonDefinitionId, @RequestParam(value = "applicationId") String applicationId,
+                                                                           @RequestParam(value = "automate") boolean automate) {
         log.info("POST request for creating new byon node from byon definition with id {} and for application id {}", byonDefinitionId, applicationId);
-        final eu.passage.upperware.commons.model.byon.ByonNode byonNode = byonService.createByonNode(byonDefinitionId, applicationId);
+        final eu.passage.upperware.commons.model.byon.ByonNode byonNode = byonService.createByonNode(byonDefinitionId, applicationId, automate);
         log.info("Byon node with id {} successfully added to Proactive", byonNode.getId());
         return byonNode;
     }
diff --git a/gui-backend/src/main/java/eu/melodic/upperware/guibackend/service/byon/ByonService.java b/gui-backend/src/main/java/eu/melodic/upperware/guibackend/service/byon/ByonService.java
index 111587778e4b34225ca66c7033be47a798b1b658..11bc63be2cf8ef508f3d8c02aa2566c0544f5fe1 100644
--- a/gui-backend/src/main/java/eu/melodic/upperware/guibackend/service/byon/ByonService.java
+++ b/gui-backend/src/main/java/eu/melodic/upperware/guibackend/service/byon/ByonService.java
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ public class ByonService {
         }
     }
 
-    public ByonNode createByonNode(int byonDefinitionId, String applicationId) {
+    public ByonNode createByonNode(int byonDefinitionId, String applicationId, boolean automate) {
         ByonDefinition byonDefinitionForNode = getByonDefList(true).orElseGet(ArrayList::new)
                 .stream()
                 .filter(byonDefinition -> byonDefinition.getId() == byonDefinitionId)
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ public class ByonService {
                 .orElseThrow(() -> new ByonDefinitionNotFoundException(byonDefinitionId));
         final org.activeeon.morphemic.model.ByonDefinition byonDefinitionProactive = byonMapper.mapByonDefinitionToProactive(byonDefinitionForNode);
         log.info("LSZ DEV[ByonService]: createByonNode: byonDefinitionProactive={}", byonDefinitionProactive);
-        final Optional<org.activeeon.morphemic.model.ByonNode> byonNodeProactive = Optional.ofNullable(proactiveClientServiceGUI.registerNewByonNode(byonDefinitionProactive, applicationId));
+        final Optional<org.activeeon.morphemic.model.ByonNode> byonNodeProactive = Optional.ofNullable(proactiveClientServiceGUI.registerNewByonNode(byonDefinitionProactive, applicationId, automate));
         log.info("LSZ DEV[ByonService]: createByonNode: byonNodeProactive={}", byonNodeProactive);
         ByonNode byonNode = null;
         if(byonNodeProactive.isPresent()) {