diff --git a/app/views/course/wizard/steps/basicdata/index.php b/app/views/course/wizard/steps/basicdata/index.php
index 1ec8a37888f0e68df04eb81d1137303bdb101d98..1d16c9d5ce380f14d014ef59e81ffad3b9d0c23a 100644
--- a/app/views/course/wizard/steps/basicdata/index.php
+++ b/app/views/course/wizard/steps/basicdata/index.php
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
     <label for="wizard-start-time" class="required">
         <?= _('Semester') ?>
     </label>
-    <select name="semester_id" id="wizard-start-time" >
+    <select name="start_semester" id="wizard-start-time">
         <?php
         $default_semester = Semester::findDefault();
         if ($default_semester && empty($values['start_semester'])) {