diff --git a/MVMCoreUI/Atomic/Atoms/FormFields/TextFields/Dropdown Fields/Item Dropdown/ItemDropdownEntryField.swift b/MVMCoreUI/Atomic/Atoms/FormFields/TextFields/Dropdown Fields/Item Dropdown/ItemDropdownEntryField.swift
index 0986a092..819a7b19 100644
--- a/MVMCoreUI/Atomic/Atoms/FormFields/TextFields/Dropdown Fields/Item Dropdown/ItemDropdownEntryField.swift	
+++ b/MVMCoreUI/Atomic/Atoms/FormFields/TextFields/Dropdown Fields/Item Dropdown/ItemDropdownEntryField.swift	
@@ -29,7 +29,20 @@ open class ItemDropdownEntryField: VDS.DropdownSelect, VDSMoleculeViewProtocol,
     }
     
     private var isEditting: Bool = false
-
+    
+    //override for to deal with getting the
+    //old selectedItem to pass down to the observeDropdownChange
+    open override var selectId: Int? {
+        didSet {
+            guard let observeDropdownChange, let selectedItem else { return }
+            var oldSelectedItem: DropdownOptionModel?
+            if let oldValue {
+                oldSelectedItem = options[oldValue]
+            }
+            observeDropdownChange(oldSelectedItem?.text, selectedItem.text)
+        }
+    }
+    
     //--------------------------------------------------
     // MARK: - Properties
     //--------------------------------------------------
@@ -184,7 +197,7 @@ open class ItemDropdownEntryField: VDS.DropdownSelect, VDSMoleculeViewProtocol,
         }
         
     }
-    
+
     public func updateView(_ size: CGFloat) { }
     
     /// Sets the textField with the first value of the available picker data.
@@ -196,7 +209,6 @@ open class ItemDropdownEntryField: VDS.DropdownSelect, VDSMoleculeViewProtocol,
             let pickerIndex = optionsPicker.selectedRow(inComponent: 0)
             viewModel.selectedIndex = pickerIndex
             selectId = pickerIndex
-            observeDropdownChange?(selectedItem?.text, pickerData[pickerIndex])
         }
     }