diff --git a/src/app/components/shared/_dialogs/cloud-configuration/cloud-configuration.component.ts b/src/app/components/shared/_dialogs/cloud-configuration/cloud-configuration.component.ts
index 209c571529cc6c1174af4512d16639806d591f86..9aeb0a2e39a7b630fa1d2e520b0e92622286c961 100644
--- a/src/app/components/shared/_dialogs/cloud-configuration/cloud-configuration.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/components/shared/_dialogs/cloud-configuration/cloud-configuration.component.ts
@@ -188,6 +188,7 @@ export class CloudConfigurationComponent implements OnInit {
 
   cancel() {
     this.parent.setCloudParameters(this.defaultCloudParameters);
+    this.parent.updateTagCloudSettings();
     this.cloudParameters = new CloudParameters(this.defaultCloudParameters);
     this.setStep(0);
     this.closePanel();
@@ -195,6 +196,7 @@ export class CloudConfigurationComponent implements OnInit {
 
   save() {
     this.parent.setCloudParameters(this.cloudParameters);
+    this.parent.updateTagCloudSettings();
     this.defaultCloudParameters = new CloudParameters(this.cloudParameters);
     this.setStep(0);
     this.closePanel();
diff --git a/src/app/components/shared/_dialogs/topic-cloud-administration/TopicCloudAdminData.ts b/src/app/components/shared/_dialogs/topic-cloud-administration/TopicCloudAdminData.ts
index 1337a08d1e37606c118c08f6ee6244e999e15e97..42b959a8fb6bccabd7877bcaa4a58e774069cccb 100644
--- a/src/app/components/shared/_dialogs/topic-cloud-administration/TopicCloudAdminData.ts
+++ b/src/app/components/shared/_dialogs/topic-cloud-administration/TopicCloudAdminData.ts
@@ -45,13 +45,13 @@ const deLabels: Label[] = [
   {tag: 'og', label: 'Genitivobjekt', enabledByDefault: true},
   {tag: 'da', label: 'Dativobjekt', enabledByDefault: true},
   {tag: 'oa', label: 'Akkusativobjekt', enabledByDefault: true},
+  {tag: 'ROOT', label: 'Satzkernelement', enabledByDefault: true},
   {tag: 'pd', label: 'Prädikat', enabledByDefault: false},
   {tag: 'ag', label: 'Genitivattribut', enabledByDefault: false},
   {tag: 'app', label: 'Apposition', enabledByDefault: false},
   {tag: 'nk', label: 'Nomen Kernelement', enabledByDefault: false},
   {tag: 'mo', label: 'Modifikator', enabledByDefault: false},
   {tag: 'cj', label: 'Konjunktor', enabledByDefault: false},
-  {tag: 'ROOT', label: 'Satzkernelement', enabledByDefault: false},
   {tag: 'par', label: 'Klammerzusatz', enabledByDefault: false}
 ];
 
@@ -61,11 +61,11 @@ const enLabels: Label[] = [
   {tag: 'dobj', label: 'Direct object', enabledByDefault: true},
   {tag: 'compound', label: 'Compound', enabledByDefault: true},
   {tag: 'nsubjpass', label: 'Passive nominal subject', enabledByDefault: true},
+  {tag: 'ROOT', label: 'Sentence kernel element', enabledByDefault: true},
   {tag: 'nummod', label: 'Numeric modifier', enabledByDefault: false},
   {tag: 'amod', label: 'Adjectival modifier', enabledByDefault: false},
   {tag: 'npadvmod', label: 'Noun phrase as adverbial modifier', enabledByDefault: false},
   {tag: 'conj', label: 'Conjunct', enabledByDefault: false},
-  {tag: 'ROOT', label: 'Sentence kernel element', enabledByDefault: false},
   {tag: 'intj', label: 'Interjection', enabledByDefault: false}
 ];
 
diff --git a/src/app/components/shared/tag-cloud/tag-cloud.component.ts b/src/app/components/shared/tag-cloud/tag-cloud.component.ts
index db63d7c08b65fe1e2f7e6e38be6cbb10b2db3516..fab3397b2845f822e55da496f5af2918a7575b30 100644
--- a/src/app/components/shared/tag-cloud/tag-cloud.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/components/shared/tag-cloud/tag-cloud.component.ts
@@ -199,6 +199,13 @@ export class TagCloudComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy, AfterContentInit {
             if (message.type === 'RoomPatched') {
               this.room.questionsBlocked = message.payload.changes.questionsBlocked;
               this.room.blacklistIsActive = message.payload.changes.blacklistIsActive;
+              const data = JSON.parse(message.payload.changes.tagCloudSettings);
+              if (data) {
+                this.setCloudParameters(data as CloudParameters);
+              } else {
+                this.resetColorsToTheme();
+                this.setCloudParameters(this.currentCloudParameters);
+              }
             }
           });
           this.directSend = this.room.directSend;
@@ -344,6 +351,26 @@ export class TagCloudComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy, AfterContentInit {
     this.router.navigate(['../'], { relativeTo: this.route });
   }
 
+  updateTagCloudSettings() {
+    if (!this.user || this.user.role < 1) {
+      throw new Error('user has no rights.');
+    }
+    this.roomService.getRoom(this.roomId).subscribe(room => {
+      room.tagCloudSettings = JSON.stringify(this._currentSettings);
+      this.room = room;
+      this.roomService.updateRoom(room).subscribe(_ => {
+          this.translateService.get('topic-cloud.changes-successful').subscribe(msg => {
+            this.notificationService.show(msg);
+          });
+        },
+        error => {
+          this.translateService.get('topic-cloud.changes-gone-wrong').subscribe(msg => {
+            this.notificationService.show(msg);
+          });
+        });
+    });
+  }
+
   private updateAlphabeticalPosition(elements: TagComment[]): void {
     const sizes = new Array(10);
     const fontRange = (this._currentSettings.fontSizeMax - this._currentSettings.fontSizeMin) / 10;
diff --git a/src/app/models/room.ts b/src/app/models/room.ts
index d90e5be0ea0b2dd4d22898bbba8c2ce21da12e61..01afbca867b2c375725cd827bfe772ef53f8179f 100644
--- a/src/app/models/room.ts
+++ b/src/app/models/room.ts
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ export class Room {
   questionsBlocked: boolean;
   profanityFilter: ProfanityFilter;
   blacklistIsActive: boolean;
+  tagCloudSettings: string;
 
   constructor(
     ownerId: string = '',
@@ -30,7 +31,8 @@ export class Room {
     tags: string[] = [],
     questionsBlocked: boolean = false,
     profanityFilter: ProfanityFilter = ProfanityFilter.none,
-    blacklistIsActive: boolean = true
+    blacklistIsActive: boolean = true,
+    tagCloudSettings: string = null
   ) {
     this.id = '';
     this.ownerId = ownerId;
@@ -47,6 +49,7 @@ export class Room {
     this.questionsBlocked = questionsBlocked;
     this.profanityFilter = profanityFilter;
     this.blacklistIsActive = blacklistIsActive;
+    this.tagCloudSettings = tagCloudSettings;
   }
 }