diff --git a/backend/src/main/java/de/srsoftware/umbrella/backend/Application.java b/backend/src/main/java/de/srsoftware/umbrella/backend/Application.java
index 82bd368b..8de21189 100644
--- a/backend/src/main/java/de/srsoftware/umbrella/backend/Application.java
+++ b/backend/src/main/java/de/srsoftware/umbrella/backend/Application.java
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ import de.srsoftware.umbrella.bookmarks.BookmarkApi;
 import de.srsoftware.umbrella.company.CompanyModule;
 import de.srsoftware.umbrella.contact.ContactModule;
 import de.srsoftware.umbrella.core.SettingsService;
-import de.srsoftware.umbrella.core.Util;
 import de.srsoftware.umbrella.core.exceptions.UmbrellaException;
 import de.srsoftware.umbrella.documents.DocumentApi;
 import de.srsoftware.umbrella.files.FileModule;
@@ -34,7 +33,6 @@ import de.srsoftware.umbrella.translations.Translations;
 import de.srsoftware.umbrella.user.UserModule;
 import de.srsoftware.umbrella.web.WebHandler;
 import de.srsoftware.umbrella.wiki.WikiModule;
-import java.io.File;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.net.InetSocketAddress;
 import java.util.concurrent.Executors;
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/de/srsoftware/umbrella/core/Util.java b/core/src/main/java/de/srsoftware/umbrella/core/Util.java
index 5bc43929..bf46642f 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/de/srsoftware/umbrella/core/Util.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/de/srsoftware/umbrella/core/Util.java
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ import static java.lang.System.Logger.Level.*;
 import static java.lang.System.Logger.Level.WARNING;
 import static java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets.UTF_8;
 
-import com.xrbpowered.jparsedown.JParsedown;
 import de.srsoftware.tools.Mappable;
 import de.srsoftware.tools.Query;
 import de.srsoftware.umbrella.core.exceptions.UmbrellaException;
@@ -27,12 +26,13 @@ import java.net.URI;
 import java.net.URL;
 import java.security.MessageDigest;
 import java.security.NoSuchAlgorithmException;
+import java.sql.ResultSet;
+import java.sql.SQLException;
 import java.time.Instant;
 import java.time.LocalDateTime;
 import java.time.ZoneId;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.Map;
-import java.util.regex.Pattern;
 import org.json.JSONObject;
 
 public class Util {
@@ -188,4 +188,19 @@ jspreadsheet(document.getElementById('spreadsheet'), {
 	public static String dateTimeOf(long epochMilis){
 		return LocalDateTime.ofInstant(Instant.ofEpochMilli(epochMilis), ZoneId.systemDefault()).format(TIME_FORMATTER);
 	}
+
+	public static String toJson(ResultSet rs) {
+		try {
+			Map<String,Object> map = new HashMap<>();
+			var meta = rs.getMetaData();
+			for (int col = 1; col <= meta.getColumnCount(); col++) {
+				var key = meta.getColumnName(col);
+				var val = rs.getObject(col);
+				map.put(key, val);
+			}
+			return new JSONObject(map).toString();
+		} catch (SQLException e){
+			return e.getMessage();
+		}
+	}
 }
diff --git a/frontend/src/routes/task/ParentSelector.svelte b/frontend/src/routes/task/ParentSelector.svelte
index 65ba8235..def709ba 100644
--- a/frontend/src/routes/task/ParentSelector.svelte
+++ b/frontend/src/routes/task/ParentSelector.svelte
@@ -21,7 +21,10 @@
 </script>
 
 <div class="overlay parent_selector">
-	<h2>{t('select a new parent for {entity}',{entity:task.name})}</h2>
+	<h2>
+		{t('select a new parent for {entity}',{entity:task.name})}
+		<button onclick={ev => select(null)}>{t('abort')}</button>
+	</h2>
 	{t('project')}: {project.name}
 	<TaskTree {tree} {select} />
 </div>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/frontend/src/routes/task/View.svelte b/frontend/src/routes/task/View.svelte
index 7af1831c..5a7f1602 100644
--- a/frontend/src/routes/task/View.svelte
+++ b/frontend/src/routes/task/View.svelte
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@
 
     function update_parent(newVal){
         select_parent = false;
-        update({parent_task_id:newVal.id});
+        if (newVal) update({parent_task_id:newVal.id});
     }
 
     function updatePermission(user_id,permission){
diff --git a/markdown/src/main/java/de/srsoftware/umbrella/markdown/MarkdownApi.java b/markdown/src/main/java/de/srsoftware/umbrella/markdown/MarkdownApi.java
index 0c417eb8..989d4780 100644
--- a/markdown/src/main/java/de/srsoftware/umbrella/markdown/MarkdownApi.java
+++ b/markdown/src/main/java/de/srsoftware/umbrella/markdown/MarkdownApi.java
@@ -14,11 +14,8 @@ import de.srsoftware.configuration.Configuration;
 import de.srsoftware.tools.Path;
 import de.srsoftware.umbrella.core.BaseHandler;
 import de.srsoftware.umbrella.core.ModuleRegistry;
-import de.srsoftware.umbrella.core.Util;
 import de.srsoftware.umbrella.core.api.MarkdownService;
-import de.srsoftware.umbrella.core.constants.Field;
 import de.srsoftware.umbrella.core.exceptions.UmbrellaException;
-
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
diff --git a/task/src/main/java/de/srsoftware/umbrella/task/SqliteDb.java b/task/src/main/java/de/srsoftware/umbrella/task/SqliteDb.java
index 22926974..2ef242c9 100644
--- a/task/src/main/java/de/srsoftware/umbrella/task/SqliteDb.java
+++ b/task/src/main/java/de/srsoftware/umbrella/task/SqliteDb.java
@@ -18,10 +18,12 @@ import static de.srsoftware.umbrella.core.model.Status.*;
 import static de.srsoftware.umbrella.core.model.Translatable.t;
 import static de.srsoftware.umbrella.project.Constants.*;
 import static de.srsoftware.umbrella.task.Constants.*;
+import static java.lang.System.Logger.Level.TRACE;
 import static java.text.MessageFormat.format;
 
 import de.srsoftware.tools.jdbc.Query;
 import de.srsoftware.umbrella.core.BaseDb;
+import de.srsoftware.umbrella.core.Util;
 import de.srsoftware.umbrella.core.constants.Text;
 import de.srsoftware.umbrella.core.exceptions.UmbrellaException;
 import de.srsoftware.umbrella.core.model.*;
@@ -242,6 +244,7 @@ CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS {0} (
 			var tasks = new HashMap<Long,Task>();
 			var rs = query.exec(db);
 			while (rs.next()){
+				LOG.log(TRACE,() -> Util.toJson(rs));
 				var task = Task.of(rs);
 				tasks.put(task.id(),task);
 			}
diff --git a/task/src/main/java/de/srsoftware/umbrella/task/TaskModule.java b/task/src/main/java/de/srsoftware/umbrella/task/TaskModule.java
index 33d00e51..1e49f5a7 100644
--- a/task/src/main/java/de/srsoftware/umbrella/task/TaskModule.java
+++ b/task/src/main/java/de/srsoftware/umbrella/task/TaskModule.java
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ import static de.srsoftware.umbrella.messagebus.MessageBus.messageBus;
 import static de.srsoftware.umbrella.messagebus.events.Event.EventType.CREATE;
 import static de.srsoftware.umbrella.project.Constants.PERMISSIONS;
 import static de.srsoftware.umbrella.task.Constants.*;
-import static java.lang.System.Logger.Level.ERROR;
 import static java.lang.System.Logger.Level.WARNING;
 import static java.net.URLDecoder.decode;
 import static java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets.UTF_8;
@@ -196,10 +195,9 @@ public class TaskModule extends BaseHandler implements TaskService {
 	private boolean getParentCandidates(HttpExchange ex, long taskId, UmbrellaUser user) throws IOException {
 		var task = taskDb.load(taskId);
 		var project = projectService().load(task.projectId());
-		var projectTasks = taskDb.listProjectTasks(project.id(),null, false);
+		var projectTasks = taskDb.listProjectTasks(project.id(),null, true);
 		var mapped = projectTasks.values().stream().collect(Collectors.toMap(Task::id,Task::toMap));
 		var roots = new HashMap<Long,Map<String,Object>>();
-		LOG.log(ERROR,"getParentCandidates not fully functional");
 		for (var map : mapped.values()){
 			if (!(map.get(ID) instanceof Long id)) continue;
 			if (id == taskId) continue;