diff --git a/app/views/users/getting_started/_step_1.html.haml b/app/views/users/getting_started/_step_1.html.haml
index c24bc0519e215ad4fde7328e1a51d9cc46a35050..0b3f6467bc0e57792503643d1f4c0ffe2a0dd8c1 100644
--- a/app/views/users/getting_started/_step_1.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/users/getting_started/_step_1.html.haml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
     %h4
       = t('people.edit.your_birthday')
       %br
-      = select_date @person.profile.birthday, :prompt => true, :default => true, :order => t('date.order'), :start_year => 2000, :end_year => 1930
+      = select_date @person.profile.birthday, :prompt => true, :default => true, :order => t('date.order'), :start_year => 2000, :end_year => 1930, :prefix => 'person[profile][date]'
 
     %h4
       = t('people.edit.your_bio')
diff --git a/config/locales/rails-i18n/en-US.yml b/config/locales/rails-i18n/en-US.yml
index d4af5cffc71ad6dc401c65eb5067f3a29f876205..c2ac985bc9575a9b1c7ccf45dd87fbab6917a012 100644
--- a/config/locales/rails-i18n/en-US.yml
+++ b/config/locales/rails-i18n/en-US.yml
@@ -15,10 +15,9 @@
     month_names: [~, January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December]
     abbr_month_names: [~, Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec]
     order:
-      - :year
       - :month
       - :day
-
+      - :year
   time:
     formats:
       default: "%a, %d %b %Y %H:%M:%S %z"