diff --git a/app/views/users/edit.html.erb b/app/views/users/edit.html.erb
index 0af874c8a..24104efbf 100644
--- a/app/views/users/edit.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/users/edit.html.erb
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 
         <div class="input text optional field_with_hint">
           <label class="text optional" for="user_favorite_tags">Favorite tags</label>
-          <textarea id="user_favorite_tags" class="text optional" rows="5" name="user[favorite_tags]" cols="40">1 2 3 </textarea>
+          <textarea id="user_favorite_tags" class="text optional" rows="5" name="user[favorite_tags]" cols="40"><%= raw @user.favorite_tags %></textarea>
           <span class="hint">A list of whitespace delimited tags that show up in your profile. <%= link_to "Restore from old database", restore_uploaded_tags_user_path(@user), :method => :post, :remote => true %></span>
         </div>
         
diff --git a/app/views/users/restore_uploaded_tags.js.erb b/app/views/users/restore_uploaded_tags.js.erb
index cc3d6d145..75f478ea2 100644
--- a/app/views/users/restore_uploaded_tags.js.erb
+++ b/app/views/users/restore_uploaded_tags.js.erb
@@ -1 +1 @@
-$("#favorite_tags").val(<%= raw @user.favorite_tags.to_json %>);
+$("#user_favorite_tags").val(<%= raw @user.favorite_tags.to_json %>);