diff --git a/data/templates/view_person_detail.html b/data/templates/view_person_detail.html
index 7ca6a692b..6c28f5227 100644
--- a/data/templates/view_person_detail.html
+++ b/data/templates/view_person_detail.html
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@
 <tr><td id="rowspace"></td></tr>
 <tr>
  <td class="ColumnAttribute">{{personform.gender_type.label}}:</td>
- <td class="ColumnValue" id="data">{% render personform.gender_type user action None "/person/?search=gender%%3D%s" personform.model.gender_type %}</td>
+ <td class="ColumnValue" id="data">{% render personform.gender_type user action None "/person/?search=gender%%3D%s" "personform.model.gender_type" %}</td>
  <td class="ColumnAttribute">{{personform.gramps_id.label}}:</td>
  <td class="ColumnValue" id="data">{% render personform.gramps_id user action %}</td>
  <td class="ColumnAttribute">{{personform.tags.label}}:</td>
diff --git a/gramps/webapp/grampsdb/forms.py b/gramps/webapp/grampsdb/forms.py
index 93e007141..2f0798b05 100644
--- a/gramps/webapp/grampsdb/forms.py
+++ b/gramps/webapp/grampsdb/forms.py
@@ -41,6 +41,9 @@ class PersonForm(forms.ModelForm):
         exclude = ["death", "birth", "handle", "birth_ref_index", 
                    "death_ref_index", "families", "parent_families", 
                    "cache"]
+    def save(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        self.instance.save_cache_q = kwargs.pop("save_cache", True)
+        return super().save(*args, **kwargs)
 
 class NameForm(forms.ModelForm):
     class Meta:
diff --git a/gramps/webapp/grampsdb/models.py b/gramps/webapp/grampsdb/models.py
index d92cdd70f..d870ca5bd 100644
--- a/gramps/webapp/grampsdb/models.py
+++ b/gramps/webapp/grampsdb/models.py
@@ -451,11 +451,7 @@ class Tag(models.Model):
             models.Model.save(self)
 
     def save(self, *args, **kwargs):
-        save_cache = True
-        if "save_cache" in kwargs:
-            save_cache = kwargs["save_cache"]
-            del kwargs["save_cache"]
-        if save_cache:
+        if self.save_cache_q:
             self.cache = self.make_cache()
         models.Model.save(self, *args, **kwargs) # save to db
 
@@ -539,11 +535,7 @@ class PrimaryObject(models.Model):
             models.Model.save(self)
 
     def save(self, *args, **kwargs):
-        save_cache = True
-        if "save_cache" in kwargs:
-            save_cache = kwargs["save_cache"]
-            del kwargs["save_cache"]
-        if save_cache:
+        if self.save_cache_q:
             self.cache = self.make_cache()
         models.Model.save(self, *args, **kwargs) # save to db
 
@@ -601,10 +593,7 @@ class Person(PrimaryObject):
 
     def save(self, *args, **kwargs):
         from gramps.webapp.utils import probably_alive
-        if "save_cache" in kwargs:
-            compute_probably_alive = kwargs["save_cache"]
-        else:
-            compute_probably_alive = True
+        compute_probably_alive = self.save_cache_q
         PrimaryObject.save(self, *args, **kwargs)
         # expensive! only do this if also saving cache
         if compute_probably_alive: