diff --git a/vm_gen/templates/html/_create.html b/vm_gen/templates/html/_create.html
index d028ac8..35f7394 100644
--- a/vm_gen/templates/html/_create.html
+++ b/vm_gen/templates/html/_create.html
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
         <select id="input-[[ name|camel_to_snake ]]-[[ column.name ]]" [% if column.multiple %]multiple
                name="_m_n_[[ column.name|pluralize ]]"[% else %]name="[[ column.name ]]_id"[%- endif %]>
         [%- if not column.secondary %]
-            <option selected="selected">Choose...</option>
+            <option selected="selected" value="">Choose...</option>
         [%- endif %]
                 {% if instance.[[ column.name|pluralize ]] is not defined %}
                 {% set [[ column.name|pluralize ]] = model_views.[[ column.name ]].model.query.all() %}
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
       [%- elif column.type in ['choice', ] %]
         <select id="input-[[ name|camel_to_snake ]]-[[ column.name ]]"
                name="[[ column.name ]]_id">
+            <option selected="selected" value="">Choose...</option>
             [%- for value, display in column.choices.items() %]
             <option value="[[ value ]]" {% if instance and instance.[[ column.name ]] == "[[ value ]]" %}selected="selected"{% endif %}>[[ display ]]</option>
             [%- endfor %]
diff --git a/vm_gen/templates/html/_update.html b/vm_gen/templates/html/_update.html
index c0da90c..7dfe636 100644
--- a/vm_gen/templates/html/_update.html
+++ b/vm_gen/templates/html/_update.html
@@ -11,9 +11,9 @@
                 {%- for sub_instance in model_views.[[ column.name ]].model.query.all() %}
             <option value="{{ sub_instance.id }}"
                     [%- if column.multiple %]
-                    {% if sub_instance in instance.[[ column.name|pluralize ]] %}selected="selected"{% endif %}>{{ sub_instance.name }}</option>
+                    {% if sub_instance in instance.[[ column.name|pluralize ]] %}selected="selected"{% endif %}>{{ sub_instance }}</option>
                     [%- else %]
-                    {% if instance.[[ column.name ]]_id == sub_instance.id %}selected="selected"{% endif %}>{{ sub_instance.name }}</option>
+                    {% if instance.[[ column.name ]]_id == sub_instance.id %}selected="selected"{% endif %}>{{ sub_instance }}</option>
                     [%- endif %]
                 {%- endfor %}
         </select>