diff --git a/lib/philomena/channels/channel.ex b/lib/philomena/channels/channel.ex
index f3585cb9..a7136257 100644
--- a/lib/philomena/channels/channel.ex
+++ b/lib/philomena/channels/channel.ex
@@ -38,10 +38,9 @@ defmodule Philomena.Channels.Channel do
   @doc false
   def changeset(channel, attrs) do
     tag_id =
-      if attrs["artist_tag"] do
-        Repo.get_by(Tag, name: attrs["artist_tag"]).id
-      else
-        nil
+      case Repo.get_by(Tag, name: attrs["artist_tag"] || "") do
+        %{id: id} -> id
+        _ -> nil
       end
 
     channel
diff --git a/lib/philomena_web/templates/channel/new.html.slime b/lib/philomena_web/templates/channel/new.html.slime
index f3293068..8a3551e9 100644
--- a/lib/philomena_web/templates/channel/new.html.slime
+++ b/lib/philomena_web/templates/channel/new.html.slime
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 h1 Adding Channel
 
-= render PhilomenaWeb.ChannelView, "_form.html", changeset: @changeset, action: Routes.channel_path(@conn, :new), conn: @conn
+= render PhilomenaWeb.ChannelView, "_form.html", changeset: @changeset, action: Routes.channel_path(@conn, :create), conn: @conn