diff --git a/app/controllers/projects_controller.rb b/app/controllers/projects_controller.rb
index 0bd50fdb2..ce2e39fac 100644
--- a/app/controllers/projects_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/projects_controller.rb
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ class ProjectsController < ApplicationController
           @project.repository = nil
         when "1"
           @project.repository ||= Repository.new
-          @project.repository.attributes = params[:repository]
+          @project.repository.update_attributes params[:repository]
         end
       end
       @project.attributes = params[:project]