diff --git a/wrenchboard/src/shared_tool/jobs.cc b/wrenchboard/src/shared_tool/jobs.cc
index f4871a14..74537d53 100644
--- a/wrenchboard/src/shared_tool/jobs.cc
+++ b/wrenchboard/src/shared_tool/jobs.cc
@@ -1561,6 +1561,9 @@ long WrenchCreateJobs(CVars in, CVars &out) {
     x["country"] = in["country"];
     x["country"].set_valid(true);
 
+    x["category"] = in["country"];
+    x["category"].set_valid(true);
+
     job_id = insert_db_record(DBS_VALID, "members_jobs", "members_jobs_id_seq", x);
 
     if (job_id) {
@@ -1627,6 +1630,10 @@ long WrenchEditJobs(CVars in, CVars &out) {
       x["loc"].set_valid(true);
       x["job_detail"] = in["job_detail"];
       x["job_detail"].set_valid(true);
+
+      x["category"] = in["job_detail"];
+      x["category"].set_valid(true);
+
      // job_id = insert_db_record(DBS_VALID, "members_jobs", "members_jobs_id_seq", x);
 
       if (job_id> 0) {