diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/admin/users/directives/user_select.js.coffee b/app/assets/javascripts/admin/users/directives/user_select.js.coffee
index 94df1894d9..bde54fd6d0 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/admin/users/directives/user_select.js.coffee
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/admin/users/directives/user_select.js.coffee
@@ -2,12 +2,12 @@ angular.module("admin.users").directive "userSelect", ->
   scope:
     user: '&userSelect'
     model: '=ngModel'
-  link: (scope,element,attrs) ->
+  link: (scope, element, attrs) ->
     setTimeout ->
       element.select2
         multiple: false
         initSelection: (element, callback) ->
-          callback {id: scope.user().id, email: scope.user().email}
+          callback {id: scope.user()?.id, email: scope.user()?.email}
         ajax:
           url: '/admin/search/known_users'
           datatype: 'json'
diff --git a/app/views/admin/variant_overrides/_filters.html.haml b/app/views/admin/variant_overrides/_filters.html.haml
index 9dc90d7ad3..d5f8bb9714 100644
--- a/app/views/admin/variant_overrides/_filters.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/admin/variant_overrides/_filters.html.haml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
   .filter_select.four.columns
     %label{ :for => 'producer_filter', ng: {class: '{disabled: !hub.id}'} }Producer
     %br
-    %input.ofn-select2.fullwidth{ :id => 'producer_filter', type: 'number', style: 'display:none', data: 'producers', blank: "{id: 0, name: 'All'}", ng: { model: 'producerFilter', disabled: '!hub.id' } }
+    %input.ofn-select2.fullwidth{ :id => 'producer_filter', type: 'number', data: 'producers', blank: "{id: 0, name: 'All'}", ng: { model: 'producerFilter', disabled: '!hub.id' } }
   -# .filter_select{ :class => "three columns" }
   -#   %label{ :for => 'distributor_filter' }Hub
   -#   %br
diff --git a/spec/features/admin/bulk_order_management_spec.rb b/spec/features/admin/bulk_order_management_spec.rb
index 1e011b5939..d28a20d6f9 100644
--- a/spec/features/admin/bulk_order_management_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/features/admin/bulk_order_management_spec.rb
@@ -236,9 +236,9 @@ feature %q{
         it "displays a select box for producers, which filters line items by the selected supplier" do
           supplier_names = ["All"]
           Enterprise.is_primary_producer.each{ |e| supplier_names << e.name }
-          find("div.select2-container#s2id_supplier_filter").click
+          open_select2 "div.select2-container#s2id_supplier_filter"
           supplier_names.each { |sn| expect(page).to have_selector "div.select2-drop-active ul.select2-results li", text: sn }
-          find("div.select2-container#s2id_supplier_filter").click
+          close_select2 "div.select2-container#s2id_supplier_filter"
           expect(page).to have_selector "tr#li_#{li1.id}", visible: true
           expect(page).to have_selector "tr#li_#{li2.id}", visible: true
           select2_select s1.name, from: "supplier_filter"
@@ -271,9 +271,9 @@ feature %q{
         it "displays a select box for distributors, which filters line items by the selected distributor" do
           distributor_names = ["All"]
           Enterprise.is_distributor.each{ |e| distributor_names << e.name }
-          find("div.select2-container#s2id_distributor_filter").click
+          open_select2 "div.select2-container#s2id_distributor_filter"
           distributor_names.each { |dn| expect(page).to have_selector "div.select2-drop-active ul.select2-results li", text: dn }
-          find("div.select2-container#s2id_distributor_filter").click
+          close_select2 "div.select2-container#s2id_distributor_filter"
           expect(page).to have_selector "tr#li_#{li1.id}", visible: true
           expect(page).to have_selector "tr#li_#{li2.id}", visible: true
           select2_select d1.name, from: "distributor_filter"
diff --git a/spec/support/matchers/select2_matchers.rb b/spec/support/matchers/select2_matchers.rb
index e1f821753d..6ab4fd5788 100644
--- a/spec/support/matchers/select2_matchers.rb
+++ b/spec/support/matchers/select2_matchers.rb
@@ -103,9 +103,9 @@ RSpec::Matchers.define :have_select2 do |id, options={}|
   end
 
   def with_select2_open(from)
-    find(from).click
+    open_select2 from
     r = yield
-    find(from).click
+    close_select2 from
     r
   end
 end
diff --git a/spec/support/request/web_helper.rb b/spec/support/request/web_helper.rb
index 1dd5adc7a3..30ce677c6c 100644
--- a/spec/support/request/web_helper.rb
+++ b/spec/support/request/web_helper.rb
@@ -144,6 +144,13 @@ module WebHelper
     have_selector "div.select2-result-label", text: value
   end
 
+  def open_select2(selector)
+    page.evaluate_script "jQuery('#{selector}').select2('open');"
+  end
+
+  def close_select2(selector)
+    page.evaluate_script "jQuery('#{selector}').select2('close');"
+  end
 
   private
   def wait_for_ajax