diff --git a/spiffworkflow-frontend/src/rjsf/custom_widgets/TypeaheadWidget/TypeaheadWidget.tsx b/spiffworkflow-frontend/src/rjsf/custom_widgets/TypeaheadWidget/TypeaheadWidget.tsx
index 3e8816db..9236ceac 100644
--- a/spiffworkflow-frontend/src/rjsf/custom_widgets/TypeaheadWidget/TypeaheadWidget.tsx
+++ b/spiffworkflow-frontend/src/rjsf/custom_widgets/TypeaheadWidget/TypeaheadWidget.tsx
@@ -1,19 +1,31 @@
-import { useRef, useState } from 'react';
+import { useEffect, useRef, useState } from 'react';
 import { ComboBox } from '@carbon/react';
 import HttpService from '../../../services/HttpService';
 
+interface typeaheadArgs {
+  id: string;
+  onChange: any;
+  options: any;
+  value: any;
+}
+
 export default function TypeaheadWidget({
   id,
   onChange,
   options: { category, itemFormat },
-}: {
-  id: string;
-  onChange: any;
-  options: any;
-}) {
+  value,
+  ...args
+}: typeaheadArgs) {
   const pathForCategory = (inputText: string) => {
     return `/connector-proxy/typeahead/${category}?prefix=${inputText}&limit=100`;
   };
+  console.log('args', args);
+  console.log('value', value);
+  console.log('itemFormat', itemFormat);
+
+  // if (value) {
+  //
+  // }
 
   const lastSearchTerm = useRef('');
   const [items, setItems] = useState<any[]>([]);
@@ -21,6 +33,13 @@ export default function TypeaheadWidget({
   const itemFormatRegex = /[^{}]+(?=})/g;
   const itemFormatSubstitutions = itemFormat.match(itemFormatRegex);
 
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (value) {
+      setSelectedItem(JSON.parse(value));
+    }
+    typeaheadSearch(value);
+  }, [value]);
+
   const itemToString = (item: any) => {
     if (!item) {
       return null;
@@ -51,12 +70,16 @@ export default function TypeaheadWidget({
     }
   };
 
+  console.log('selectedItem', selectedItem);
+
   return (
     <ComboBox
       onInputChange={typeaheadSearch}
       onChange={(event: any) => {
+        console.log('event.selectedItem', event.selectedItem);
         setSelectedItem(event.selectedItem);
-        onChange(itemToString(event.selectedItem));
+        // onChange(itemToString(event.selectedItem));
+        onChange(JSON.stringify(event.selectedItem));
       }}
       id={id}
       items={items}
diff --git a/spiffworkflow-frontend/src/routes/TaskShow.tsx b/spiffworkflow-frontend/src/routes/TaskShow.tsx
index 15d9c2d6..bd5c0e00 100644
--- a/spiffworkflow-frontend/src/routes/TaskShow.tsx
+++ b/spiffworkflow-frontend/src/routes/TaskShow.tsx
@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ export default function TaskShow() {
   }, [params]);
 
   const processSubmitResult = (result: any) => {
+    return null;
     removeError();
     if (result.ok) {
       navigate(`/tasks`);