diff --git a/web/edit.js b/web/edit.js
index ab2a0b2dd8f231ee93b62f7dfa6cfeec5b141807..e98d5c456ce39c72f2465b9abd811e6c47eca163 100644
--- a/web/edit.js
+++ b/web/edit.js
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ pell.init({
 
 function doedit(elem) {
     editid = elem.parentNode.getAttribute("id");
-    editname = elem.parentNode.getElementsByName("name")[0];
+    editname = elem.parentNode.getElementsByTagName("name")[0];
     editelem = elem;
     tagname = elem.tagName.toLowerCase();
     editlastdate = elem.getAttribute("date");