diff --git a/Templates/controller.pm.tem b/Templates/controller.pm.tem
index a1a3bd4..46a065e 100644
--- a/Templates/controller.pm.tem
+++ b/Templates/controller.pm.tem
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ sub do_update {
     my $params = ${ $c->req->params->to_hash };
 
     # Get number of POST parameters
-    my $num_params = keys scaler %$params;
+    my $num_params = keys %params;
     
     #Params are available in the hash "params" - copy to the prefix_data hash
     while (my ($key, $value) = each %{$c->req->params->to_hash}) {