diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 0b9e31625b4becd89838e5d761bdf789e00e34de..3984e30823bd40bab2fd90189eb66e635899c978 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 * Add Kersplat simulation! Still experimental but is useable.
 * Check for counts assay when estimating from SingleCellExperiment objects
   (Fixes #82)
+* Fix where simpleSimulate stores parameters (Fixes #72)
 
 ### Version 1.9.7.9019 (2019-10-11)
 
diff --git a/R/simple-simulate.R b/R/simple-simulate.R
index 6ca63d3fa3f179b959cd68ec42d3d36bb7efe635..13391c808de637dd4616132d15f860cb0d68b202 100644
--- a/R/simple-simulate.R
+++ b/R/simple-simulate.R
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ simpleSimulate <- function(params = newSimpleParams(), verbose = TRUE, ...) {
     sim <- SingleCellExperiment(assays = list(counts = counts),
                                 rowData = features,
                                 colData = cells,
-                                metadata = list(params = params))
+                                metadata = list(Params = params))
 
     return(sim)
 }