diff --git a/src/main/java/com/todoroo/astrid/activity/TaskEditFragment.java b/src/main/java/com/todoroo/astrid/activity/TaskEditFragment.java
index 56ba5f683..30a76af3c 100755
--- a/src/main/java/com/todoroo/astrid/activity/TaskEditFragment.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/todoroo/astrid/activity/TaskEditFragment.java
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ import com.todoroo.andlib.utility.DialogUtilities;
 import com.todoroo.astrid.actfm.ActFmCameraModule;
 import com.todoroo.astrid.actfm.ActFmCameraModule.CameraResultCallback;
 import com.todoroo.astrid.alarms.AlarmService;
+import com.todoroo.astrid.api.PermaSql;
 import com.todoroo.astrid.dao.MetadataDao;
 import com.todoroo.astrid.dao.TagDataDao;
 import com.todoroo.astrid.dao.TaskAttachmentDao;
@@ -543,6 +544,7 @@ ViewPager.OnPageChangeListener, EditNoteActivity.UpdatesChangedListener {
             ContentValues values = null;
             try {
                 if (valuesAsString != null) {
+                    valuesAsString = PermaSql.replacePlaceholders(valuesAsString);
                     values = AndroidUtilities.contentValuesFromSerializedString(valuesAsString);
                 }
             } catch (Exception e) {
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/tasks/widget/WidgetHelper.java b/src/main/java/org/tasks/widget/WidgetHelper.java
index 0d4233590..7066b9c65 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/tasks/widget/WidgetHelper.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/tasks/widget/WidgetHelper.java
@@ -154,7 +154,6 @@ public class WidgetHelper {
             intent.putExtra(TaskListFragment.TOKEN_FILTER, filter);
             if (filter.valuesForNewTasks != null) {
                 String values = AndroidUtilities.contentValuesToSerializedString(filter.valuesForNewTasks);
-                values = PermaSql.replacePlaceholders(values);
                 intent.putExtra(TaskEditFragment.TOKEN_VALUES, values);
                 intent.setAction("E" + id + values);
             }