diff --git a/public/js/select.js b/public/js/select.js
index e4abe1f..e61d2b2 100644
--- a/public/js/select.js
+++ b/public/js/select.js
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ class BladewindSelect {
                         e.stopImmediatePropagation();
                     });
                 }
-            } /*else {
+            } else {
                 if (input.value.includes(this.selectedValue)) {
                     this.unsetValue(item);
                 } else {
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ class BladewindSelect {
                     this.moveLabel();
                 }
                 this.scrollbars();
-            }*/
+            }
             stripComma(input);
             changeCss(`${this.clickArea}`, '!border-red-400', 'remove');
         }
diff --git a/resources/views/components/input.blade.php b/resources/views/components/input.blade.php
index a0c0d8e..8b909ad 100644
--- a/resources/views/components/input.blade.php
+++ b/resources/views/components/input.blade.php
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@
             type="{{ $type }}"
             id="{{ $name }}"
             name="{{ $name }}"
-            value="{{ $selected_value }}"
+            value="{{ html_entity_decode($selected_value) }}"
             autocomplete="new-password"
             placeholder="{{ $placeholder_label }}{{$required_symbol}}"
             @if($error_message != '')