diff --git a/Helpers/src/main/java/com/christophecvb/touchportal/helpers/SentMessageHelper.java b/Helpers/src/main/java/com/christophecvb/touchportal/helpers/SentMessageHelper.java
index a852b12..105886b 100644
--- a/Helpers/src/main/java/com/christophecvb/touchportal/helpers/SentMessageHelper.java
+++ b/Helpers/src/main/java/com/christophecvb/touchportal/helpers/SentMessageHelper.java
@@ -48,5 +48,5 @@ public class SentMessageHelper {
     public static final String CONNECTOR_ID = "connectorId";
     public static final String SHORT_ID = "shortId";
     public static final String PARENT_GROUP = "parentGroup";
-
+    public static final String FORCE_UPDATE = "forceUpdate";
 }
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diff --git a/Library/src/main/java/com/christophecvb/touchportal/TouchPortalPlugin.java b/Library/src/main/java/com/christophecvb/touchportal/TouchPortalPlugin.java
index 700c690..7728e8b 100644
--- a/Library/src/main/java/com/christophecvb/touchportal/TouchPortalPlugin.java
+++ b/Library/src/main/java/com/christophecvb/touchportal/TouchPortalPlugin.java
@@ -905,6 +905,7 @@ public boolean sendCreateState(String categoryId, String stateId, String parentG
                 createStateMessage.addProperty(SentMessageHelper.ID, stateId);
                 createStateMessage.addProperty(SentMessageHelper.DESCRIPTION, description);
                 createStateMessage.addProperty(SentMessageHelper.DEFAULT_VALUE, valueStr);
+                createStateMessage.addProperty(SentMessageHelper.FORCE_UPDATE, true);
                 if (parentGroup == null || parentGroup.isEmpty()) {
                     classLoop:
                     for (Class<?> subClass : this.pluginClass.getDeclaredClasses()) {