diff --git a/src/shared/components/post/create-post.tsx b/src/shared/components/post/create-post.tsx
index d1b8ee09..e9fcb61e 100644
--- a/src/shared/components/post/create-post.tsx
+++ b/src/shared/components/post/create-post.tsx
@@ -1,4 +1,9 @@
-import { enableDownvotes, enableNsfw, setIsoData } from "@utils/app";
+import {
+  communityToChoice,
+  enableDownvotes,
+  enableNsfw,
+  setIsoData,
+} from "@utils/app";
 import { getIdFromString, getQueryParams } from "@utils/helpers";
 import type { QueryParams } from "@utils/types";
 import { Choice, RouteDataResponse } from "@utils/types";
@@ -85,10 +90,9 @@ export class CreatePost extends Component<
       };
 
       if (communityRes?.state === "success") {
-        const communityChoice: Choice = {
-          label: communityRes.data.community_view.community.title,
-          value: communityRes.data.community_view.community.id.toString(),
-        };
+        const communityChoice = communityToChoice(
+          communityRes.data.community_view,
+        );
 
         this.state = {
           ...this.state,
@@ -107,10 +111,7 @@ export class CreatePost extends Component<
       });
       if (res.state === "success") {
         this.setState({
-          selectedCommunityChoice: {
-            label: res.data.community_view.community.title,
-            value: res.data.community_view.community.id.toString(),
-          },
+          selectedCommunityChoice: communityToChoice(res.data.community_view),
           loading: false,
         });
       }
diff --git a/src/shared/components/post/post-form.tsx b/src/shared/components/post/post-form.tsx
index 2733ff79..9c9c8d28 100644
--- a/src/shared/components/post/post-form.tsx
+++ b/src/shared/components/post/post-form.tsx
@@ -263,26 +263,16 @@ export class PostForm extends Component<PostFormProps, PostFormState> {
           community_id: getIdFromString(selectedCommunityChoice.value),
         },
         communitySearchOptions: [selectedCommunityChoice].concat(
-          (
-            this.props.initialCommunities?.map(
-              ({ community: { id, title } }) => ({
-                label: title,
-                value: id.toString(),
-              }),
-            ) ?? []
-          ).filter(option => option.value !== selectedCommunityChoice.value),
+          (this.props.initialCommunities?.map(communityToChoice) ?? []).filter(
+            option => option.value !== selectedCommunityChoice.value,
+          ),
         ),
       };
     } else {
       this.state = {
         ...this.state,
         communitySearchOptions:
-          this.props.initialCommunities?.map(
-            ({ community: { id, title } }) => ({
-              label: title,
-              value: id.toString(),
-            }),
-          ) ?? [],
+          this.props.initialCommunities?.map(communityToChoice) ?? [],
       };
     }