diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/themes/scinote.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/themes/scinote.scss
index 1e440c934..ab05003b7 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/themes/scinote.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/themes/scinote.scss
@@ -148,7 +148,18 @@ body {
 .bootstrap-select:not([class*="col-"]):not([class*="form-control"]):not(.input-group-btn) {
   width: 100% !important;
 }
-
+/* Makes blue selected element line fill parent (as it should, fixes sci-2672) */
+.bootstrap-select {
+  .dropdown-menu{
+    ul{
+        .selected{
+          a{
+            display: block !important;
+          }
+        }
+    }
+  }
+}
 mark,.mark {
   background-color: $brand-warning;
 }