diff --git a/app/controllers/exercises_controller.rb b/app/controllers/exercises_controller.rb
index 7cfb1f82c..4247a0619 100644
--- a/app/controllers/exercises_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/exercises_controller.rb
@@ -136,7 +136,8 @@ class ExercisesController < ApplicationController
         :user_id => current_user.id,
         :course_id => @course.id,
         :time => -1,
-        :exercise_status => 1
+        :exercise_status => 1,
+        :is_md => params[:md]
       }
       @exercise = Exercise.create!(exercise_options)
     end