diff --git a/app/views/manage_products/_subcategories.rhtml b/app/views/manage_products/_subcategories.rhtml
index 3938987..569cf88 100644
--- a/app/views/manage_products/_subcategories.rhtml
+++ b/app/views/manage_products/_subcategories.rhtml
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 <p><%= _('Current category:') %></p>
+<%= hidden_field_tag 'product[product_category_id]', @current_category.id %>
 <%
   categories = [@current_category]
   categories.push(@current_category) while @current_category and @current_category = @current_category.parent
diff --git a/test/functional/manage_products_controller_test.rb b/test/functional/manage_products_controller_test.rb
index 4ed08c8..33ad6c3 100644
--- a/test/functional/manage_products_controller_test.rb
+++ b/test/functional/manage_products_controller_test.rb
@@ -137,5 +137,15 @@ class ManageProductsControllerTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
     get 'update_subcategories', :profile => @enterprise.identifier, :id => category1.id
     assert_no_tag :tag => 'p', :content => 'Select a subcategory:'
   end
+
+  should "create new product categorized" do
+    environment = Environment.default
+    category1 = ProductCategory.create!(:name => 'Category 1', :environment => environment)
+    category2 = ProductCategory.create!(:name => 'Category 2', :environment => environment, :parent => category1)
+    assert_difference Product, :count do
+      post 'new', :profile => @enterprise.identifier, :product => { :name => 'test product', :product_category_id => category2.id }
+      assert_equal category2, assigns(:product).product_category
+    end
+  end
   
 end
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