diff --git a/src/core/Elsa.Core/Extensions/ElsaServiceCollectionExtensions.cs b/src/core/Elsa.Core/Extensions/ElsaServiceCollectionExtensions.cs
index 5b956445d..ca7aa71e9 100644
--- a/src/core/Elsa.Core/Extensions/ElsaServiceCollectionExtensions.cs
+++ b/src/core/Elsa.Core/Extensions/ElsaServiceCollectionExtensions.cs
@@ -181,6 +181,8 @@ namespace Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection
             return options;
         }
 
-        private static ElsaOptions AddCoreActivities(this ElsaOptions services) => services.AddActivitiesFrom<ElsaOptions>();
+        private static ElsaOptions AddCoreActivities(this ElsaOptions services) => services
+            .AddActivitiesFrom<ElsaOptions>()
+            .AddActivitiesFrom<CompositeActivity>();
     }
 }
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diff --git a/src/core/Elsa.Core/Services/WorkflowBlueprintMaterializer.cs b/src/core/Elsa.Core/Services/WorkflowBlueprintMaterializer.cs
index c3bd4922f..31b77a1d0 100644
--- a/src/core/Elsa.Core/Services/WorkflowBlueprintMaterializer.cs
+++ b/src/core/Elsa.Core/Services/WorkflowBlueprintMaterializer.cs
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ using Elsa.ActivityProviders;
 using Elsa.Models;
 using Elsa.Services.Models;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging;
+using NetBox.Extensions;
 
 namespace Elsa.Services
 {
@@ -103,8 +104,8 @@ namespace Elsa.Services
                 var activityBlueprints = manyActivityBlueprints.SelectMany(x => x).ToDictionary(x => x.Id);
                 
                 list.AddRange(activityBlueprints.Values);
-                
-                list.Add(new CompositeActivityBlueprint
+
+                var compositeActivityBlueprint = new CompositeActivityBlueprint
                 {
                     Id = activityDefinition.ActivityId,
                     Type = activityDefinition.Type,
@@ -116,7 +117,13 @@ namespace Elsa.Services
                     LoadWorkflowContext = activityDefinition.LoadWorkflowContext,
                     SaveWorkflowContext = activityDefinition.SaveWorkflowContext,
                     ActivityPropertyProviders = await CreatePropertyProviders(compositeActivityDefinition, cancellationToken)
-                });
+                }; 
+                
+                list.Add(compositeActivityBlueprint);
+                
+                // Connect the composite activity to its starting activities.
+                var startActivities = compositeActivityBlueprint.GetStartActivities().ToList();
+                compositeActivityBlueprint.Connections.AddRange(startActivities.Select(x => new Connection(compositeActivityBlueprint, x, CompositeActivity.Enter)));
             }
             else
             {