diff --git a/app/extensions/BulmaFormHelper.php b/app/extensions/BulmaFormHelper.php
index 81c3a8d..b79e05b 100644
--- a/app/extensions/BulmaFormHelper.php
+++ b/app/extensions/BulmaFormHelper.php
@@ -67,6 +67,17 @@ class BulmaFormHelper extends \Prefab {
     }
 
     static function build_h_field_select($label, $name, $options, $selected){
+        $opts = json_decode(str_replace("'", '"', $options));
+        $opts_string = "";
+        foreach($opts as $k => $v){
+            if($v == $selected){
+                $selected_str = " selected";
+            } else {
+                $selected_str = "";
+            }
+            $opts_string .= '<option'.$selected_str.'>'.$v.'</option>';
+        }
+
         $string = 
         '<div class="field is-horizontal">
             <div class="field-label is-normal">
@@ -75,7 +86,9 @@ class BulmaFormHelper extends \Prefab {
             <div class="field-body">
                 <div class="field">
                     <div class="select">
-                        $options
+                        <select id="'.$name.'" name="'.$name.'">
+                            '.$opts_string.'
+                        </select>
                     </div>
                 </div>
             </div>
diff --git a/app/model/BulmaForm.php b/app/model/BulmaForm.php
deleted file mode 100644
index 728f724..0000000
--- a/app/model/BulmaForm.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,83 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-
-// this isn't the way to do it, but nevermind!
-
-class BulmaForm {
-
-    public static function horizontal_field_input($label = "%label%", $name = "%name%", $value=""){
-        $string = '
-        <div class="field is-horizontal">
-            <div class="field-label is-normal">
-                <label class="label">%label%</label>
-            </div>
-            <div class="field-body">
-                <div class="field">
-                    <div class="control">
-                        <input class="input" type="text" name="%name%" value="%value%">
-                    </div>
-                </div>
-            </div>
-        </div>
-        ';
-        
-        $string = str_replace('%label%', $label, $string);
-        $string = str_replace('%name%', $name, $string);
-        $string = str_replace('%value%', $value, $string);
-
-        return $string;
-    }
-
-    public static function horizontal_field_textarea($label = "%label%", $name = "%name%", $value=""){
-        $string = '
-        <div class="field is-horizontal">
-            <div class="field-label is-normal">
-                <label class="label">%label%</label>
-            </div>
-            <div class="field-body">
-                <div class="field">
-                    <div class="control">
-                        <textarea class="textarea" type="text" name="%name%">%value%</textarea>
-                    </div>
-                </div>
-            </div>
-        </div>
-        ';
-        
-        $string = str_replace('%label%', $label, $string);
-        $string = str_replace('%name%', $name, $string);
-        $string = str_replace('%value%', $value, $string);
-
-        return $string;
-    }
-
-    public static function horizontal_field_select($label="%label%", $name="%name%", $options=[], $selected=0){
-        $string = '
-        <div class="field is-horizontal">
-            <div class="field-label is-normal">
-                <label class="label">%label%</label>
-            </div>
-            <div class="field-body">
-                <div class="field">
-                    <div class="select">
-                        <select name="%name%">
-                            %options%
-                        </select>
-                    </div>
-                </div>
-            </div>
-        </div>
-        ';
-
-        $string = str_replace('%label%', $label, $string);
-        $string = str_replace('%name%', $name, $string);
-        $opts_str = ''; $i=0;
-        foreach($options as $v){
-            $opts_str .= '<option'.($i==$selected ? ' selected="selected" ' : '').'>'.$v.'</option>';
-            $i++;
-        }
-        $string = str_replace('%options%', $opts_str, $string);
-        
-        return $string;
-    }
-
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/ui/views/ticket/create.html b/ui/views/ticket/create.html
index a1aadd1..f9caba1 100644
--- a/ui/views/ticket/create.html
+++ b/ui/views/ticket/create.html
@@ -6,8 +6,9 @@
     <bulma type="H_FIELD_INPUT" label="Title:" name="title" value=""></bulma>
     <bulma type="H_FIELD_TEXTAREA" label="Description:" name="description" value=""></bulma>
 
-    {{ BulmaForm::horizontal_field_select('Priority:', 'priority', ['Low', 'Medium', 'High'])}}
-    {{ BulmaForm::horizontal_field_select('Status:', 'status', ['New', 'In Progress', 'On Hold', 'Completed'])}}
+
+    <bulma type="H_FIELD_SELECT" label="Priority:" name="priority" options="['Low', 'Medium', 'High']" selected="Medium"></bulma>
+    <bulma type="H_FIELD_SELECT" label="Status:" name="status" options="['New', 'In Progress', 'On Hold', 'Completed']" selected="New"></bulma>
 
     <!-- custom fields -->
     <hr>
diff --git a/ui/views/ticket/edit.html b/ui/views/ticket/edit.html
index 76f10d3..9215576 100644
--- a/ui/views/ticket/edit.html
+++ b/ui/views/ticket/edit.html
@@ -5,8 +5,9 @@
     <bulma type="H_FIELD_INPUT" label="Title:" name="title" value="{{@ticket.title}}"></bulma>
     <bulma type="H_FIELD_TEXTAREA" label="Description:" name="description" value="{{@ticket.description}}"></bulma>
 
-    {{ BulmaForm::horizontal_field_select('Priority:', 'priority', ['Low', 'Medium', 'High'])}}
-    {{ BulmaForm::horizontal_field_select('Status:', 'status', ['New', 'In Progress', 'On Hold', 'Completed'])}}
+
+    <bulma type="H_FIELD_SELECT" label="Priority:" name="priority" options="['Low', 'Medium', 'High']" selected="{{@ticket.priority}}"></bulma>
+    <bulma type="H_FIELD_SELECT" label="Status:" name="status" options="['New', 'In Progress', 'On Hold', 'Completed']" selected="{{@ticket.status}}"></bulma>
 
 
     <div class="block">