diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/directives/selectMember.coffee.erb b/app/assets/javascripts/directives/selectMember.coffee.erb
index cfa345f61..789cda817 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/directives/selectMember.coffee.erb
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/directives/selectMember.coffee.erb
@@ -12,8 +12,6 @@ Application.Directives.directive 'selectMember', [ 'Diacritics', 'Member', (Diac
   {
     restrict: 'E'
     templateUrl: '<%= asset_path "shared/_member_select.html" %>'
-    scope:
-      subscription: '@'
     link: (scope, element, attributes) ->
       scope.autoCompleteName = (nameLookup) ->
         unless nameLookup
@@ -22,8 +20,8 @@ Application.Directives.directive 'selectMember', [ 'Diacritics', 'Member', (Diac
         asciiName = Diacritics.remove(nameLookup)
 
         q = { query: asciiName }
-        if scope.subscription
-          q['subscription'] = scope.subscription
+        if attributes.subscription
+          q['subscription'] = attributes.subscription
 
         Member.search q, (users) ->
           scope.matchingMembers = users