diff --git a/src/main/java/com/williamfiset/algorithms/datastructures/binarysearchtree/BinarySearchTree.java b/src/main/java/com/williamfiset/algorithms/datastructures/binarysearchtree/BinarySearchTree.java
index d48e7f1a6..6fa356059 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/williamfiset/algorithms/datastructures/binarysearchtree/BinarySearchTree.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/williamfiset/algorithms/datastructures/binarysearchtree/BinarySearchTree.java
@@ -51,7 +51,9 @@ public boolean add(T elem) {
 
       // Otherwise add this element to the binary tree
     } else {
-      root = add(root, elem);
+      node = add(root, elem);
+      if (isEmpty())
+        root = node
       nodeCount++;
       return true;
     }