diff --git a/include/Engine/Core/EntityFile.h b/include/Engine/Core/EntityFile.h
index 27115264..b65c9f7d 100644
--- a/include/Engine/Core/EntityFile.h
+++ b/include/Engine/Core/EntityFile.h
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ public:
         : m_Handler(handler)
         , m_Reader(reader)
     {
-        // 0 is imaginary world entity
+        // 0 is imaginary base parent
         m_EntityStack.push(0);
         m_StateStack.push(State::Unknown);
     }
diff --git a/include/Engine/Core/EntityFileParser.h b/include/Engine/Core/EntityFileParser.h
index d46b508b..b4eee5b2 100644
--- a/include/Engine/Core/EntityFileParser.h
+++ b/include/Engine/Core/EntityFileParser.h
@@ -9,12 +9,13 @@ class EntityFileParser
 public:
     EntityFileParser(const EntityFile* entityFile);
 
-    void MergeEntities(World* world);
+    EntityID MergeEntities(World* world, EntityID baseParent = EntityID_Invalid);
 
 private:
     const EntityFile* m_EntityFile;
     EntityFileHandler m_Handler;
     World* m_World = nullptr;
+    EntityID m_FirstEntity = EntityID_Invalid;
     // Maps EntityIDs local to the file to real IDs in the world after they've been 
     // created in order to resolve parent-child relationships.
     std::map<EntityID, EntityID> m_EntityIDMapper;
diff --git a/src/Engine/Core/EntityFileParser.cpp b/src/Engine/Core/EntityFileParser.cpp
index 541da01d..9f338d71 100644
--- a/src/Engine/Core/EntityFileParser.cpp
+++ b/src/Engine/Core/EntityFileParser.cpp
@@ -9,17 +9,21 @@ EntityFileParser::EntityFileParser(const EntityFile* entityFile)
     m_Handler.SetStartFieldDataCallback(std::bind(&EntityFileParser::onFieldData, this, std::placeholders::_1, std::placeholders::_2, std::placeholders::_3, std::placeholders::_4));
 }
 
-void EntityFileParser::MergeEntities(World* world)
+EntityID EntityFileParser::MergeEntities(World* world, EntityID baseParent /*= EntityID_Invalid */)
 {
     m_World = world;
-    m_EntityIDMapper[0] = 0;
+    m_EntityIDMapper[0] = baseParent;
     m_EntityFile->Parse(&m_Handler);
+    return m_FirstEntity;
 }
 
 void EntityFileParser::onStartEntity(EntityID entity, EntityID parent, const std::string& name)
 {
     EntityID realParent = m_EntityIDMapper.at(parent);
     EntityID realEntity = m_World->CreateEntity(realParent);
+    if (m_FirstEntity == EntityID_Invalid) {
+        m_FirstEntity = realEntity;
+    }
     if (!name.empty()) {
         m_World->SetName(realEntity, name);
     }