diff --git a/src/definitions/modules/dropdown.js b/src/definitions/modules/dropdown.js
index f7cd5ed35..737cf4085 100644
--- a/src/definitions/modules/dropdown.js
+++ b/src/definitions/modules/dropdown.js
@@ -309,7 +309,8 @@ $.fn.dropdown = function(parameters) {
                 .html( templates.dropdown(selectValues) )
                 .insertBefore($input)
               ;
-              if($input.hasClass(className.multiple)) {
+              if($input.hasClass(className.multiple) && $input.prop('multiple') === false) {
+                module.error(error.missingMultiple);
                 $input.prop('multiple', true);
               }
               if($input.is('[multiple]')) {
@@ -2352,7 +2353,6 @@ $.fn.dropdown = function(parameters) {
               currentValue = module.get.values(),
               newValue
             ;
-            console.log(currentValue);
             if(addedValue === '') {
               module.debug('Cannot select blank values from multiselect');
               return;
@@ -2497,7 +2497,7 @@ $.fn.dropdown = function(parameters) {
           },
           value: function(removedValue, removedText, $removedItem) {
             var
-              values   = $input.val(),
+              values = module.get.values(),
               newValue
             ;
             if( module.has.selectInput() ) {
@@ -2507,9 +2507,9 @@ $.fn.dropdown = function(parameters) {
             }
             else {
               module.verbose('Removing from delimited values', removedValue);
-              values = values.split(settings.delimiter);
               newValue = module.remove.arrayValue(removedValue, values);
               newValue = newValue.join(settings.delimiter);
+              console.log(newValue);
             }
             if(settings.fireOnInit === false && module.is.initialLoad()) {
               module.verbose('No callback on initial load', settings.onRemove);
@@ -3188,13 +3188,14 @@ $.fn.dropdown.settings = {
   },
 
   error : {
-    action       : 'You called a dropdown action that was not defined',
-    alreadySetup : 'Once a select has been initialized behaviors must be called on the created ui dropdown',
-    labels       : 'Allowing user additions currently requires the use of labels.',
-    method       : 'The method you called is not defined.',
-    noAPI        : 'The API module is required to load resources remotely',
-    noStorage    : 'Saving remote data requires session storage',
-    noTransition : 'This module requires ui transitions <https://github.com/Semantic-Org/UI-Transition>'
+    action          : 'You called a dropdown action that was not defined',
+    alreadySetup    : 'Once a select has been initialized behaviors must be called on the created ui dropdown',
+    labels          : 'Allowing user additions currently requires the use of labels.',
+    missingMultiple : '<select> requires multiple property to be set to correctly preserve multiple values',
+    method          : 'The method you called is not defined.',
+    noAPI           : 'The API module is required to load resources remotely',
+    noStorage       : 'Saving remote data requires session storage',
+    noTransition    : 'This module requires ui transitions <https://github.com/Semantic-Org/UI-Transition>'
   },
 
   regExp : {