diff --git a/app/controllers/admin/universal_tables_controller.rb b/app/controllers/admin/universal_tables_controller.rb
index d3f07e3..0dd0b5d 100755
--- a/app/controllers/admin/universal_tables_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/admin/universal_tables_controller.rb
@@ -316,8 +316,11 @@ end
 		params.require(:u_table).permit!
 	end
 
-	def table_entry_params
-		params.require(:table_entry).permit!
+        def table_entry_params
+		p = params.require(:table_entry).permit!
+		if p[:related_entries].is_a?(Array)                          
+			p[:related_entries] = p[:related_entries].reject(&:blank?).join(",")  
+		end
+		p
 	end
-
 end
diff --git a/app/views/admin/universal_tables/_entry_form.html.erb b/app/views/admin/universal_tables/_entry_form.html.erb
index d19cbd5..b10b66b 100755
--- a/app/views/admin/universal_tables/_entry_form.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/admin/universal_tables/_entry_form.html.erb
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
   <div class="control-group">
     <label class="control-label"><%= t("universal_table.related_entries") %></label>
     <div class="controls">
-      <%= f.text_field :related_entries, :class => "select2", data: { value: tbData } %>
+      <%= f.select :related_entries, options_for_select(tbData.map { |d| [d[:text], d[:id]] }, tbData.map { |d| d[:id] }), {}, { multiple: "multiple", class: "select2" } %>
     </div>
   </div>
  <% @columns.each_with_index do |column, index| %>
@@ -72,7 +72,6 @@ $("#universal_table_tags").select2({
   });
   $("#universal_table_tags").val(<%= raw(@entry.table_tags.  collect { |tag| tag.id.to_s }) %>).trigger("change");
   
-  const preselectedData = $("#table_entry_related_entries").data('value');
   var select2Options = {
         maximumSelectionSize: 10,
         minimumResultsForSearch: Infinity,
@@ -86,27 +85,26 @@ $("#universal_table_tags").select2({
           allowClear: false,
           dataType: 'json',
           delay: 250,
-          data: function (term) {
-            return { q: term };
+          data: function (params) {                  
+            return { q: params.term };               
           },
-          results: function(data, page) {
+          processResults: function(data, params) {    
             return {
               results: data
             };
           },
           cache: false
         },
-        formatResult: function(i) {
+        templateResult: function(i) {                 
           return '<div>' + i.text + '</div>';
         },
-        formatSelection: function(i) {
+        templateSelection: function(i) {              
           return '<div>' + i.text + '</div>';
-        },
+        },  
         escapeMarkup: function(m) {
             return m;
         }			
       }
 
     $("#table_entry_related_entries").select2(select2Options);
-    $("#table_entry_related_entries").select2('data', preselectedData);
-</script>
\ No newline at end of file
+</script>