diff --git a/app/controllers/events_controller.rb b/app/controllers/events_controller.rb
index a48c2ee4..4ba95c96 100644
--- a/app/controllers/events_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/events_controller.rb
@@ -26,7 +26,8 @@ class EventsController < ApplicationController
     time = Time.zone.now.change(min: 0) + 1.day
     @event = Event.new start_time: time,
                        end_time: time + 1.hour,
-                       region_id: session[:region]
+                       region_id: session[:region],
+                       tag_list: params[:tag_list]
   end
 
   # POST /events/preview