diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index b02a7a8..e96984a 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 # tidyclust (development version)
 
+* Fixed bug when trying to tune the `linkage_method` argument. (#206, @lgaborini)
+
 # tidyclust 0.2.4
 
 * The philentropy package is now used to calculate distances rather than Rfast. (#199)
diff --git a/R/dials-params.R b/R/dials-params.R
index dc39702..3a1b155 100644
--- a/R/dials-params.R
+++ b/R/dials-params.R
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ linkage_method <- function(values = values_linkage_method) {
   dials::new_qual_param(
     type = "character",
     values = values,
-    label = c(activation = "Linkage Method"),
+    label = c(linkage_method = "Linkage Method"),
     finalize = NULL
   )
 }
diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-hier_clust-stats.R b/tests/testthat/test-hier_clust-stats.R
index 70f92c0..a8aea5b 100644
--- a/tests/testthat/test-hier_clust-stats.R
+++ b/tests/testthat/test-hier_clust-stats.R
@@ -90,3 +90,18 @@ test_that("extract_cluster_assignment() works", {
     expected
   )
 })
+
+test_that("all parameters are correctly named", {
+  # fixes issue #206
+
+  param_grid <- dials::parameters(
+    dials::num_clusters(range = c(2, 3)),
+    linkage_method(),
+    cut_height(range = c(0, 3))
+  )
+
+  expect_setequal(
+    param_grid$name,
+    c("num_clusters", "linkage_method", "cut_height")
+  )
+})