diff --git a/pdgstaging/TileStager.py b/pdgstaging/TileStager.py
index aec434b..06a358c 100644
--- a/pdgstaging/TileStager.py
+++ b/pdgstaging/TileStager.py
@@ -391,12 +391,9 @@ def save_tiles(self, gdf=None):
                 f'Saving {len(data.index)} vectors to tile {tile_path}'
             )
 
-            # Save a copy of the tile column for the summary
-            tiles = data[self.props['tile']].copy()
-
             # Tile must be a string for saving as attribute
             data[self.props['tile']] = data[self.props['tile']].astype('str')
-            tile_strings = data[self.props['tile']].astype('str')
+            tile_strings = data[self.props['centroid_tile']].astype('str')
             data[self.props['centroid_tile']] = tile_strings
 
             # Open the file in write mode by default
@@ -421,8 +418,15 @@ def save_tiles(self, gdf=None):
                     warnings.simplefilter('ignore', FutureWarning)
                     data.to_file(tile_path, mode=mode)
 
+                # convert each tile from string format to morecantile format 
+                # so it can be added to summary
+                # first create series of tiles in str format
+                tiles_str = data[self.props['tile']].copy()
+
+                tiles_morecantile = [self.tiles.tile_from_str(tile) for tile in tiles_str]
+
                 # Record what was saved
-                data[self.props['tile']] = tiles
+                data[self.props['tile']] = tiles_morecantile
                 self.summarize(data)
             finally:
                 # Track the end time, the total time, and the number of vectors