diff --git a/application/helpers/remotecontrol/remotecontrol_handle.php b/application/helpers/remotecontrol/remotecontrol_handle.php
index cd1dcb1e905..32be86d074f 100644
--- a/application/helpers/remotecontrol/remotecontrol_handle.php
+++ b/application/helpers/remotecontrol/remotecontrol_handle.php
@@ -2592,7 +2592,6 @@ public function cpd_importParticipants($sSessionKey, $aParticipants)
         $oFindCriteria->limit = -1;
         $aAttributeRecords = ParticipantAttributeName::model()->with('participant_attribute_names_lang')->findAll($oFindCriteria);
 
-
         foreach ($aParticipants as $sKey => $aParticipantData) {
 
             $aData = array(
@@ -2620,8 +2619,8 @@ public function cpd_importParticipants($sSessionKey, $aParticipants)
                 //First, process the known fields
                 if (!isset($aData['participant_id']) || $aData['participant_id'] == "")
                 {
-                    $arParticipantModel = new Participant();
-                    $aData['participant_id'] = $arParticipantModel->gen_uuid();
+                  //  $arParticipantModel = new Participant();
+                    $aData['participant_id'] = Participant::gen_uuid();
                 }
                 if (isset($aData['emailstatus']) && trim($aData['emailstatus'] == ''))
                 {
diff --git a/application/models/Participant.php b/application/models/Participant.php
index 4f081824fec..018c93d22d4 100644
--- a/application/models/Participant.php
+++ b/application/models/Participant.php
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ public function search()
      * funcion for generation of unique id
      */
 
-    function gen_uuid()
+    static function gen_uuid()
     {
         return sprintf('%04x%04x-%04x-%04x-%04x-%04x%04x%04x', mt_rand(0, 0xffff), mt_rand(0, 0xffff), mt_rand(0, 0xffff), mt_rand(0, 0x0fff) | 0x4000, mt_rand(0, 0x3fff) | 0x8000, mt_rand(0, 0xffff), mt_rand(0, 0xffff), mt_rand(0, 0xffff)
         );