diff --git a/spiffworkflow-frontend/src/routes/TaskShow.tsx b/spiffworkflow-frontend/src/routes/TaskShow.tsx
index 3cddc676..e8ec096d 100644
--- a/spiffworkflow-frontend/src/routes/TaskShow.tsx
+++ b/spiffworkflow-frontend/src/routes/TaskShow.tsx
@@ -267,6 +267,7 @@ export default function TaskShow() {
     formData: any,
     errors: any
   ) => {
+    console.log('errors', errors);
     if ('properties' in jsonSchema) {
       Object.keys(jsonSchema.properties).forEach((propertyKey: string) => {
         const propertyMetadata = jsonSchema.properties[propertyKey];
diff --git a/spiffworkflow-frontend/src/themes/carbon/SelectWidget/SelectWidget.tsx b/spiffworkflow-frontend/src/themes/carbon/SelectWidget/SelectWidget.tsx
index 6f55ef1b..10204145 100644
--- a/spiffworkflow-frontend/src/themes/carbon/SelectWidget/SelectWidget.tsx
+++ b/spiffworkflow-frontend/src/themes/carbon/SelectWidget/SelectWidget.tsx
@@ -60,11 +60,8 @@ function SelectWidget({
   // this change causes chrome to also show the first option. now all browsers are consistent on our site. you no longer have to select anything.
   // setting the value prop causes it to show the first option.
   // calling onChange actually gets it set in the form data.
-  if (value === undefined) {
-    if (enumOptions) {
-      value = enumOptions[0].value;
-      onChange(value);
-    }
+  if (enumOptions && enumOptions[0].value !== '') {
+    enumOptions.unshift({ value: '', label: '' });
   }
 
   // maybe use placeholder somehow. it was previously jammed into the helperText field,