diff --git a/app/views/badges/award.html.erb b/app/views/badges/award.html.erb
index a20be66554bbfeeccd18fa02b57470a77ed69f70..af291cd3a41ab9b9394986fa78c8729da26f1c99 100644
--- a/app/views/badges/award.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/badges/award.html.erb
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
       <div class="grid--cell is-6 is-12-sm">
         <div class="form-caption">Entity Type</div>
         <%= f.select :badge_source_type, options_for_select(@entity_types, selected: []),
-                     { include_blank: false }, class: 'form-element' %>
+                     { include_blank: true }, class: 'form-element' %>
       </div>
       <div class="grid--cell is-6 is-12-sm">
         <div class="form-caption">Id of the entity</div>