diff --git a/styles/bootstrap/application.js b/styles/bootstrap/application.js
index 8a9aa2f23..1528e629e 100644
--- a/styles/bootstrap/application.js
+++ b/styles/bootstrap/application.js
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ $(document).ready( function() {
 		 * actually provided to update the input field where you type, but here
 		 * we use it to update a second input field with the doc id. */
 		updater: function (item) {
-			strarr = item.split("#");
+			strarr = item.value.split("#");
 			target = this.$element.data('target');
 			$('#'+target).attr('value', strarr[0]);
 			return strarr[1];
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ $(document).ready( function() {
 		 * actually provided to update the input field, but here we use
 		 * it to set the document location. */
 		updater: function (item) {
-			strarr = item.split("#");
+			strarr = item.value.split("#");
 			//console.log(this.$element.data('target'));
 			target = this.$element.data('target');
 			$('#'+target).attr('value', strarr[0]);