diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/issue_status_select.js.coffee b/app/assets/javascripts/issue_status_select.js.coffee
index c5740f27ddd5a154a0ef94efa8a69a4b5e9adab5..ed50e2e698ff8cd4842c9bb2505a73b5770b5366 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/issue_status_select.js.coffee
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/issue_status_select.js.coffee
@@ -6,6 +6,13 @@ class @IssueStatusSelect
       $(el).glDropdown(
         selectable: true
         fieldName: fieldName
+        toggleLabel: (selected, el, instance) =>
+          label = 'Author'
+          $item = instance.dropdown.find('.is-active')
+          label = $item.text() if $item.length
+          label
+        clicked: (item, $el, e)->
+          e.preventDefault()
         id: (obj, el) ->
           $(el).data("id")
       )