diff --git a/mediagoblin/submit/forms.py b/mediagoblin/submit/forms.py
index 241d32dc..4519b057 100644
--- a/mediagoblin/submit/forms.py
+++ b/mediagoblin/submit/forms.py
@@ -22,11 +22,11 @@ from mediagoblin.util import fake_ugettext_passthrough as _
 
 
 class SubmitStartForm(wtforms.Form):
+    file = wtforms.FileField(_('File'))
     title = wtforms.TextField(
         _('Title'),
         [wtforms.validators.Length(min=0, max=500)])
     description = wtforms.TextAreaField('Description of this work')
-    file = wtforms.FileField(_('File'))
     tags = wtforms.TextField(
         _('Tags'),
         [tag_length_validator])
diff --git a/mediagoblin/templates/mediagoblin/submit/start.html b/mediagoblin/templates/mediagoblin/submit/start.html
index eb34c2e2..3a40850d 100644
--- a/mediagoblin/templates/mediagoblin/submit/start.html
+++ b/mediagoblin/templates/mediagoblin/submit/start.html
@@ -24,10 +24,7 @@
         method="POST" enctype="multipart/form-data">
     <div class="grid_8 prefix_1 suffix_1 form_box">
       <h1>{% trans %}Submit yer media{% endtrans %}</h1>
-      {{ wtforms_util.render_field_div(submit_form.file) }}
-      {{ wtforms_util.render_field_div(submit_form.title) }}
-      {{ wtforms_util.render_textarea_div(submit_form.description) }}
-      {{ wtforms_util.render_field_div(submit_form.tags) }}
+      {{ wtforms_util.render_divs(submit_form) }}
       <div class="form_submit_buttons">
       <input type="submit" value="{% trans %}Submit{% endtrans %}" class="button" />
       </div>
diff --git a/mediagoblin/templates/mediagoblin/utils/wtforms.html b/mediagoblin/templates/mediagoblin/utils/wtforms.html
index e3d8e137..3b6cff15 100644
--- a/mediagoblin/templates/mediagoblin/utils/wtforms.html
+++ b/mediagoblin/templates/mediagoblin/utils/wtforms.html
@@ -23,7 +23,11 @@
     {% if field.description -%}
       <div class="form_field_description">{{ _(field.description) }}</div>
     {%- endif %}
-    <div class="form_field_input">{{ field }}</div>
+    {% if field.type == "TextAreaField" %}
+      <div class="form_field_input">{{ field(rows=8, cols=20) }}</div>
+    {% else %}
+      <div class="form_field_input">{{ field }}</div>
+    {% endif %}
     {%- if field.errors -%}
       {% for error in field.errors %}
         <div class="form_field_error">