diff --git a/ckanext/odsh/helpers.py b/ckanext/odsh/helpers.py
index e3006a11acd1e64caf99bf2a9abe65a7b25cc31a..af351d915b0dfa6d435fb15d3b5f40bb49559d3f 100644
--- a/ckanext/odsh/helpers.py
+++ b/ckanext/odsh/helpers.py
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import  datetime
 from dateutil import parser
 from ckan.common import config
 import urllib
+import hashlib
 
 get_action = logic.get_action
 log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
@@ -109,6 +110,10 @@ def odsh_upload_known_formats():
 def odsh_encodeurl(url):
     return urllib.quote(url, safe='')
 
+def odsh_create_checksum(in_string):
+    hashstring = hashlib.md5(in_string.encode('utf-8')).hexdigest()
+    return int(hashstring, base=16)
+
 def odsh_extract_error(key, errors):
     if not errors or not ('extras' in errors):
         return None
@@ -124,4 +129,4 @@ def odsh_extract_value_from_extras(extras, key):
         return None
     for item in extras:
         if 'key' in item and item['key'].lower() == key:
-            return item['value']
\ No newline at end of file
+            return item['value']
diff --git a/ckanext/odsh/plugin.py b/ckanext/odsh/plugin.py
index b2b925d0b4a392fc5c425d2f3d74f7f40ba1664a..4ae1d8759f7eb12d3e1a173de8f9c580d24f60ec 100644
--- a/ckanext/odsh/plugin.py
+++ b/ckanext/odsh/plugin.py
@@ -74,7 +74,6 @@ def odsh_group_id_selected(selected, group_id):
 
     return False
 
-
 def known_spatial_uri(key, data, errors, context):
     mapping_file = config.get('ckanext.odsh.spatial.mapping')
     try:
@@ -204,7 +203,8 @@ class OdshPlugin(plugins.SingletonPlugin, DefaultTranslation, DefaultDatasetForm
                 'odsh_upload_known_formats': odsh_helpers.odsh_upload_known_formats,
                 'odsh_encodeurl': odsh_helpers.odsh_encodeurl,
                 'odsh_extract_error': odsh_helpers.odsh_extract_error,
-                'odsh_extract_value_from_extras': odsh_helpers.odsh_extract_value_from_extras
+                'odsh_extract_value_from_extras': odsh_helpers.odsh_extract_value_from_extras,
+                'odsh_create_checksum': odsh_helpers.odsh_create_checksum
                 }
 
     def before_map(self, map):
diff --git a/ckanext/odsh/templates/macros/form.html b/ckanext/odsh/templates/macros/form.html
index 8fc3221b5101de0ffdc8ab9784c21b0feff2fb57..7e2305edf09ed9366641e87343a43bb010df2282 100644
--- a/ckanext/odsh/templates/macros/form.html
+++ b/ckanext/odsh/templates/macros/form.html
@@ -53,6 +53,11 @@ is_required=false) %}
 {% endcall %}
 {% endmacro %}
 
+{% macro input_extra(field, value='', index='') %}
+<input id="field-{{field}}-key" type="hidden" name="extras__{{index}}__key" value="{{field}}"  />
+<input id="field-{{field}}-value" type="text" name="extras__{{index}}__value" value="{{value}}"  />
+{% endmacro %}
+
 {#
 Builds a single checkbox input.
 
@@ -497,4 +502,4 @@ options - A list/tuple of fields to be used as <options>.
 
             {% if is_upload_enabled %}</div>{% endif %}
 
-        {% endmacro %}
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+        {% endmacro %}
diff --git a/ckanext/odsh/templates/package/snippets/package_basic_fields.html b/ckanext/odsh/templates/package/snippets/package_basic_fields.html
index d4903e9d1cded62f4513e53f0e8d78c018b3e0ea..36fb61c1826daed8b2a64a312a2a2c3df1e4701b 100644
--- a/ckanext/odsh/templates/package/snippets/package_basic_fields.html
+++ b/ckanext/odsh/templates/package/snippets/package_basic_fields.html
@@ -96,27 +96,23 @@ is_required=true,placeholder=_('Enter title')) }}
 
     <!-- field issued -->
 
-    {% set field='issued' %}
-    {% set value = h.odsh_extract_value_from_extras(data.extras,field)%}
-    {% set value_extras = value if value else h.odsh_now() %}
-    {% set index = 4 %}
-
+    {% set field = 'issued' %}
+    {% set value = h.odsh_extract_value_from_extras(data.extras,field) %}
     <div class="control-group control-full">
-            <label class="control-label" for="field-{{field}}">Veröffentlichungsdatum: <span title="Dieses Feld ist erforderlich" class="control-required">*</span> </label>
-            <div class="controls">
+        <label class="control-label" for="field-{{field}}">Veröffentlichungsdatum: <span title="Dieses Feld ist erforderlich" class="control-required">*</span> </label>
+        <div class="controls">
             <div class="row-fluid">
                 <div class="span6">
-                    <input id="field-{{field}}-key" type="hidden" name="extras__{{index}}__key" value="{{field}}"  />
-                    <input id="field-{{field}}-value" type="text" name="extras__{{index}}__value" value="{{value_extras}}"  />
+                    {{ form.input_extra(field, value=value if value else h.odsh_now(), index=h.odsh_create_checksum(field)) }}
                 </div>
                 <div class="span6 inline-error">
-                {% if h.odsh_extract_error(field, errors) %} 
-                {{_(h.odsh_extract_error(field, errors))}}
-                {% endif %}
+                    {% if h.odsh_extract_error(field, errors) %} 
+                    {{_(h.odsh_extract_error(field, errors))}}
+                    {% endif %}
                 </div>
             </div>
-            </div>
         </div>
+    </div>
 
 
     <!-- field tags -->
@@ -217,4 +213,4 @@ is_required=true,placeholder=_('Enter title')) }}
             </div>
         </div>
     </div>
-    {% endif %}
\ No newline at end of file
+    {% endif %}