diff --git a/packages/telescope-post-by-feed/lib/client/routes.js b/packages/telescope-post-by-feed/lib/client/routes.js
index 78b5b3c89..01d7ecb14 100644
--- a/packages/telescope-post-by-feed/lib/client/routes.js
+++ b/packages/telescope-post-by-feed/lib/client/routes.js
@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@ Meteor.startup(function () {
     waitOn: function() {
       return [
         Meteor.subscribe('feeds'),
-        Meteor.subscribe('allUsersAdmin')
+        Meteor.subscribe('allUsersAdmin'),
+        Meteor.subscribe('categories')
       ];
     },
     template: getTemplate('feeds')
diff --git a/packages/telescope-post-by-feed/lib/feeds.js b/packages/telescope-post-by-feed/lib/feeds.js
index a8faba4f0..b8a892e03 100644
--- a/packages/telescope-post-by-feed/lib/feeds.js
+++ b/packages/telescope-post-by-feed/lib/feeds.js
@@ -18,6 +18,26 @@ var feedSchema = new SimpleSchema({
         return users;
       }
     }
+  },
+   categories: {
+    type: [String],
+    label: 'categories',
+    optional: true,
+    autoform: {
+      instructions: 'Posts will be assigned to this category.',
+      noselect: true,
+      editable: true,
+      options: function () {
+          var categories = Categories.find().map(function (category) {
+            return {
+              value: category._id,
+              label: category.name
+            }  
+        });
+        console.log('selected category'+categories)
+        return categories;
+      }
+    }
   }
 });
 
diff --git a/packages/telescope-post-by-feed/lib/server/fetch_feeds.js b/packages/telescope-post-by-feed/lib/server/fetch_feeds.js
index 2ab1a83c2..360fd80f6 100644
--- a/packages/telescope-post-by-feed/lib/server/fetch_feeds.js
+++ b/packages/telescope-post-by-feed/lib/server/fetch_feeds.js
@@ -11,7 +11,9 @@ var handleFeed = function(error, feed) {
 
   var feedItems = _.first(feed.items, 20); // limit feed to 20 items just in case
   var userId = this._parser._options.userId;
-
+  var feedId = this._parser._options.feedId;
+  var categories = this._parser._options.categories;
+ 
   clog('// Parsing RSS feed: '+ feed.title)
 
   var newItemsCount = 0;
@@ -33,7 +35,8 @@ var handleFeed = function(error, feed) {
         url: item.link,
         feedId: feed.id,
         feedItemId: item.id,
-        userId: userId
+        userId: userId,
+        categories:categories
       }
 
       if (item.description)
@@ -71,12 +74,14 @@ fetchFeeds = function() {
 
     // if feed doesn't specify a user, default to admin
     var userId = !!feed.userId ? feed.userId : getFirstAdminUser()._id;
-
+    var categories =feed.categories;
+    var feedId = feed._id;
+    
     try {
 
       content = HTTP.get(feed.url).content;
       var feedHandler = new htmlParser.FeedHandler(handleFeed);
-      var parser = new htmlParser.Parser(feedHandler, {xmlMode: true, userId: userId});
+      var parser = new htmlParser.Parser(feedHandler, {xmlMode: true, userId: userId, categories:categories, feedId:feedId});
       parser.write(content);
       parser.end();
 
diff --git a/packages/telescope-post-by-feed/package.js b/packages/telescope-post-by-feed/package.js
index 50c25aefa..24ad8ddee 100644
--- a/packages/telescope-post-by-feed/package.js
+++ b/packages/telescope-post-by-feed/package.js
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ Package.onUse(function(api) {
 
   api.use([
     'telescope-base', 
+    'telescope-tags',
     'aldeed:simple-schema',
     'aldeed:autoform',
     'tap:i18n',