# Participant unable to join without host

**URL:** <https://devforum.zoom.us/t/participant-unable-to-join-without-host/103924>\
**Category:** Meetings\
**Tags:** api\
**Created:** [February 15, 2024, 2:19pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/participant-unable-to-join-without-host/103924 "2024-02-15T14:19:11Z")\
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**Post date:** [February 15, 2024, 2:19pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/participant-unable-to-join-without-host/103924/1 "2024-02-15T14:19:11Z")

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Good day everyone.

I am able to create zoom meeting with the api on my node project. However after making series change both on web account and zooom client, participant can’t join without the host. this is a big challenge for me.

this is my current settings and setup:  
const payload = {  
topic: body.title,  
start\_time: timeAndDate,  
type: 8,  
duration: body.duration,  
timezone: body.timezone,  
agenda: body.description,  
recurrence: { type: 1, repeat\_interval: 90 },  
settings: {  
host\_video: false,  
participant\_video: true,  
join\_before\_host: true, // Allow participants to join before the host  
approval\_type: 2,  
audio: true,  
allow\_multiple\_devices: true,  
auto\_recording: “cloud”,  
waiting\_room: false,  
},  
}

I will be glad if this is fixed, thank you