diff --git a/helios_auth/templates/perms_why.html b/helios_auth/templates/perms_why.html
index 179d103c27153c17bf45f59e39af2658532d2090..3f38fd18d0b87ac528ee27852730bddf42c4e2e9 100644
--- a/helios_auth/templates/perms_why.html
+++ b/helios_auth/templates/perms_why.html
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ this information, we unfortunately cannot help you vote.
 </p>
 
 <form method="POST" action="">
-<input type="hidden" value="{{csrf_token}}" />
+<input type="hidden" name="csrf_token" value="{{csrf_token}}" />
 <input type="submit" value="OK, I understand, let's do this login thing." /><br /><br />
 <a href="http://google.com">nope, get me out of here</a>.
 </form>