diff --git a/trains/backend_interface/task/task.py b/trains/backend_interface/task/task.py
index 40e425fd..06fd40ca 100644
--- a/trains/backend_interface/task/task.py
+++ b/trains/backend_interface/task/task.py
@@ -1546,6 +1546,13 @@ class Task(IdObjectBase, AccessMixin, SetupUploadMixin):
             self._app_server = Session.get_app_server_host()
         return self._app_server
 
+    def _is_remote_main_task(self):
+        # type: () -> bool
+        """
+        :return: return True if running remotely and this Task is the registered main task
+        """
+        return running_remotely() and get_remote_task_id() == self.id
+
     def _edit(self, **kwargs):
         # type: (**Any) -> Any
         with self._edit_lock:
diff --git a/trains/model.py b/trains/model.py
index 396cbabe..d774394a 100644
--- a/trains/model.py
+++ b/trains/model.py
@@ -747,7 +747,8 @@ class InputModel(Model):
         """
         self._set_task(task)
 
-        if running_remotely() and task.input_model and task.is_main_task():
+        # noinspection PyProtectedMember
+        if running_remotely() and task.input_model and (task.is_main_task() or task._is_remote_main_task()):
             self._base_model = task.input_model
             self._base_model_id = task.input_model.id
         else:
@@ -996,7 +997,8 @@ class OutputModel(BaseModel):
         if self._task != task:
             raise ValueError('Can only connect preexisting model to task, but this is a fresh model')
 
-        if running_remotely() and task.is_main_task():
+        # noinspection PyProtectedMember
+        if running_remotely() and (task.is_main_task() or task._is_remote_main_task()):
             if self._floating_data:
                 # noinspection PyProtectedMember
                 self._floating_data.design = _Model._wrap_design(self._task._get_model_config_text()) or \
diff --git a/trains/task.py b/trains/task.py
index 8ba692b3..027a36b3 100644
--- a/trains/task.py
+++ b/trains/task.py
@@ -1048,7 +1048,7 @@ class Task(_Task):
                     # noinspection PyProtectedMember
                     task._set_model_config(config_dict=config_dict)
 
-            if not running_remotely() or not self.is_main_task():
+            if not running_remotely() or not (self.is_main_task() or self._is_remote_main_task()):
                 if multi_config_support:
                     self._set_configuration(
                         name=name, description=description, config_type='dictionary', config_dict=configuration)
@@ -1075,7 +1075,7 @@ class Task(_Task):
             return configuration
 
         # it is a path to a local file
-        if not running_remotely() or not self.is_main_task():
+        if not running_remotely() or not (self.is_main_task() or self._is_remote_main_task()):
             # check if not absolute path
             configuration_path = Path(configuration)
             if not configuration_path.is_file():
@@ -1132,7 +1132,7 @@ class Task(_Task):
             raise ValueError("connect_label_enumeration supports only `dict` type, "
                              "{} is not supported".format(type(enumeration)))
 
-        if not running_remotely() or not self.is_main_task():
+        if not running_remotely() or not (self.is_main_task() or self._is_remote_main_task()):
             self.set_model_label_enumeration(enumeration)
         else:
             # pop everything
@@ -2402,7 +2402,7 @@ class Task(_Task):
                     if parsed_args is None and parser == _parser:
                         parsed_args = _parsed_args
 
-        if running_remotely() and (self.is_main_task() or self.id == get_remote_task_id()):
+        if running_remotely() and (self.is_main_task() or self._is_remote_main_task()):
             self._arguments.copy_to_parser(parser, parsed_args)
         else:
             self._arguments.copy_defaults_from_argparse(
@@ -2425,7 +2425,7 @@ class Task(_Task):
 
         self._try_set_connected_parameter_type(self._ConnectedParametersType.dictionary)
 
-        if not running_remotely() or not self.is_main_task():
+        if not running_remotely() or not (self.is_main_task() or self._is_remote_main_task()):
             self._arguments.copy_from_dict(flatten_dictionary(dictionary), prefix=name)
             dictionary = ProxyDictPostWrite(self, _update_args_dict, **dictionary)
         else:
@@ -2439,7 +2439,7 @@ class Task(_Task):
     def _connect_task_parameters(self, attr_class, name=None):
         self._try_set_connected_parameter_type(self._ConnectedParametersType.task_parameters)
 
-        if running_remotely() and self.is_main_task():
+        if running_remotely() and (self.is_main_task() or self._is_remote_main_task()):
             parameters = self.get_parameters()
             if not name:
                 attr_class.update_from_dict(parameters)
@@ -2462,7 +2462,7 @@ class Task(_Task):
                 return False
 
         a_dict = {k: v for k, v in an_object.__dict__.items() if verify_type(k, v)}
-        if running_remotely() and self.is_main_task():
+        if running_remotely() and (self.is_main_task() or self._is_remote_main_task()):
             a_dict = self._connect_dictionary(a_dict, name)
             for k, v in a_dict.items():
                 if getattr(an_object, k, None) != a_dict[k]: