diff --git a/ckan/templates/package/snippets/package_basic_fields.html b/ckan/templates/package/snippets/package_basic_fields.html
index c7fd562324e..6b9ea24f79c 100644
--- a/ckan/templates/package/snippets/package_basic_fields.html
+++ b/ckan/templates/package/snippets/package_basic_fields.html
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
 {{ form.markdown('notes', id='field-notes', label=_('Description'), placeholder=_('eg. Some useful notes about the data'), value=data.notes, error=errors.notes) }}
 
-{{ form.input('tags', id='field-tags', label=_('Tags'), placeholder=_('eg. economy, spending, government'), value=data.tags, error=errors.tags, classes=['control-full']) }}
+{{ form.input('tag_string', id='field-tags', label=_('Tags'), placeholder=_('eg. economy, spending, government'), value=data.tag_string, error=errors.tags, classes=['control-full']) }}
 
 <div class="control-group">
   {% set error = errors.license_id %}