diff --git a/app/controllers/repositories_controller.rb b/app/controllers/repositories_controller.rb
index c9550add3..0c1f65317 100644
--- a/app/controllers/repositories_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/repositories_controller.rb
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ class RepositoriesController < ApplicationController
       @root_path=RepositoriesHelper::ROOT_PATH
       @repository_name=User.current.login.to_s+"/"+params[:repository][:identifier]+".git"
       @project_path=@root_path+"htdocs/"+@repository_name
-      @repository_tag=params[:repository][:upassword]
+      @repository_tag=params[:repository][:upassword] || params[:repository][:password]
       @repo_name=User.current.login.to_s+"_"+params[:repository][:identifier]
       logger.info "htpasswd -mb "+@root_path+"user.passwd "+@repo_name+": "+@repository_tag
       logger.info "the value of create repository"+@root_path+": "+@repository_name+": "+@project_path+": "+@repo_name