diff --git a/spiffworkflow-frontend/src/routes/TaskShow.tsx b/spiffworkflow-frontend/src/routes/TaskShow.tsx
index 3cddc676a..9ab9ebf96 100644
--- a/spiffworkflow-frontend/src/routes/TaskShow.tsx
+++ b/spiffworkflow-frontend/src/routes/TaskShow.tsx
@@ -176,6 +176,9 @@ export default function TaskShow() {
     if (disabled) {
       return;
     }
+    if (!formObject) {
+      navigate(`/tasks`);
+    }
     let queryParams = '';
     if (submitType === FormSubmitType.Draft) {
       queryParams = '?save_as_draft=true';
@@ -347,20 +350,21 @@ export default function TaskShow() {
 
     if (task.state === 'READY') {
       let submitButtonText = 'Submit';
-      let saveAsDraftButton = null;
+      let closeButton = null;
       if (task.typename === 'ManualTask') {
         submitButtonText = 'Continue';
       } else if (task.typename === 'UserTask') {
-        saveAsDraftButton = (
+        closeButton = (
           <Button
-            id="save-as-draft-button"
+            id="close-button"
             disabled={disabled}
             kind="secondary"
+            title="Save changes without submitting."
             onClick={() =>
               handleFormSubmit(currentFormObject, null, FormSubmitType.Draft)
             }
           >
-            Save as draft
+            Close
           </Button>
         );
       }
@@ -369,7 +373,7 @@ export default function TaskShow() {
           <Button type="submit" id="submit-button" disabled={disabled}>
             {submitButtonText}
           </Button>
-          {saveAsDraftButton}
+          {closeButton}
           <>
             {task.signal_buttons.map((signal) => (
               <Button
diff --git a/spiffworkflow-frontend/src/themes/carbon/SelectWidget/SelectWidget.tsx b/spiffworkflow-frontend/src/themes/carbon/SelectWidget/SelectWidget.tsx
index 7e644055d..436b301e6 100644
--- a/spiffworkflow-frontend/src/themes/carbon/SelectWidget/SelectWidget.tsx
+++ b/spiffworkflow-frontend/src/themes/carbon/SelectWidget/SelectWidget.tsx
@@ -19,7 +19,8 @@ function SelectWidget({
   placeholder,
   rawErrors = [],
 }: WidgetProps) {
-  const { enumOptions, enumDisabled } = options;
+  const { enumOptions } = options;
+  let { enumDisabled } = options;
 
   const emptyValue = multiple ? [] : '';
 
@@ -56,6 +57,36 @@ function SelectWidget({
     errorMessageForField = rawErrors[0];
   }
 
+  // ok. so in safari, the select widget showed the first option, whereas in chrome it forced you to select an option.
+  // this change causes causes safari to act a little bit more like chrome, but it's different because we are actually adding
+  // an element to the dropdown.
+  //
+  // https://stackoverflow.com/a/7944490/6090676 safari detection
+  let isSafari = false;
+  const ua = navigator.userAgent.toLowerCase();
+  if (ua.indexOf('safari') != -1) {
+    if (ua.indexOf('chrome') === -1) {
+      isSafari = true;
+    }
+  }
+
+  if (isSafari) {
+    if (enumOptions && enumOptions[0].value !== '') {
+      enumOptions.unshift({
+        value: '',
+        label: '',
+      });
+    }
+    // enumDisabled is a list of values for which the option should be disabled.
+    // we don't really want users to select the fake empty option we are creating here.
+    // they cannot select it in chrome, after all.
+    // google is always right. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35862041
+    if (enumDisabled === undefined) {
+      enumDisabled = [];
+    }
+    enumDisabled.push('');
+  }
+
   // maybe use placeholder somehow. it was previously jammed into the helperText field,
   // but allowing ui:help to grab that spot seems much more appropriate.