diff --git a/app/javascript/onboarding/components/FollowTags.jsx b/app/javascript/onboarding/components/FollowTags.jsx
index 2e29e8a7f..ce23288bf 100644
--- a/app/javascript/onboarding/components/FollowTags.jsx
+++ b/app/javascript/onboarding/components/FollowTags.jsx
@@ -13,8 +13,7 @@ export class FollowTags extends Component {
     this.handleComplete = this.handleComplete.bind(this);
 
     const emailState =
-      document.body.dataset.defaultEmailOptinAllowed === 'true';
-
+      document.body.dataset.default_email_optin_allowed === 'true';
     this.state = {
       allTags: [],
       selectedTags: [],
diff --git a/app/javascript/onboarding/components/__tests__/FollowTags.test.jsx b/app/javascript/onboarding/components/__tests__/FollowTags.test.jsx
index fa1558b21..c3b481692 100644
--- a/app/javascript/onboarding/components/__tests__/FollowTags.test.jsx
+++ b/app/javascript/onboarding/components/__tests__/FollowTags.test.jsx
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ describe('FollowTags', () => {
   describe('emailDigestPeriodic state initialization', () => {
     it('should initialize email_digest_periodic to true when data-default-email-optin-allowed is true', async () => {
       // Simulate setting data-default-email-optin-allowed to true
-      document.body.dataset.defaultEmailOptinAllowed = 'true';
+      document.body.dataset.default_email_optin_allowed = 'true';
 
       const { container } = renderFollowTags();
       const checkbox = container.querySelector('#email_digest_periodic');
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ describe('FollowTags', () => {
 
     it('should initialize email_digest_periodic to false when data-default-email-optin-allowed is false', async () => {
       // Simulate setting data-default-email-optin-allowed to false
-      document.body.dataset.defaultEmailOptinAllowed = 'false';
+      document.body.dataset.default_email_optin_allowed = 'false';
 
       const { container } = renderFollowTags();
       const checkbox = container.querySelector('#email_digest_periodic');