diff --git a/app/controllers/filters_controller.rb b/app/controllers/filters_controller.rb
index 769aea2afe..fc612dc93f 100644
--- a/app/controllers/filters_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/filters_controller.rb
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ class FiltersController < ApplicationController
 
   def new
     @filter = current_account.custom_filters.build(action: :warn)
-    @filter.keywords.build
+    @filter.keywords.build(params[:keywords])
   end
 
   def edit; end