diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/Jit/graphsettings-event-handlers.js b/app/assets/javascripts/Jit/graphsettings-event-handlers.js
index 2e40b82c..f18d6085 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/Jit/graphsettings-event-handlers.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/Jit/graphsettings-event-handlers.js
@@ -61,6 +61,9 @@ function nodeDoubleClickHandler(node, e) {
     
 }//doubleClickNodeHandler
 
+/*
+ * Returns a boolean saying if the node was double clicked in our understanding of the word
+ */
 function nodeWasDoubleClicked() {
    //grab the timestamp of the click 
    var storedTime = MetamapsModel.lastNodeClick;
@@ -294,4 +297,4 @@ function touchPanZoomHandler(eventInfo, e) {
             lastDist = dist;
     }
     
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/app/controllers/synapses_controller.rb b/app/controllers/synapses_controller.rb
index 4a4910ab..e1fe3f90 100644
--- a/app/controllers/synapses_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/synapses_controller.rb
@@ -5,7 +5,17 @@ class SynapsesController < ApplicationController
     
   respond_to :html, :js, :json
   
-  autocomplete :synapse, :desc, :full => true
+  def autocomplete_synapse_desc
+    term = params[:term]
+    if term && !term.empty?
+      items = Synapse.select('DISTINCT "desc"').
+        where('LOWER("desc") like ?', term.downcase + '%').
+        limit(10).order('"desc"')
+    else
+      items = {}
+    end
+    render :json => json_for_autocomplete(items, :desc)
+  end
   
   # GET synapses
   # or GET users/:user_id/synapses
diff --git a/app/views/topics/create.js.erb b/app/views/topics/create.js.erb
index 19a1cee2..18cb397d 100644
--- a/app/views/topics/create.js.erb
+++ b/app/views/topics/create.js.erb
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ if (!$.isEmptyObject(Mconsole.graph.nodes)) {
         modes: ['node-property:dim'],  
         duration: 500,
         onComplete: function() {
-            selectNodeOnClickHandler(temp);
+            selectNode(temp);
         }
       });
       
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ if (!$.isEmptyObject(Mconsole.graph.nodes)) {
         modes: ['node-property:dim'],  
         duration: 500,
         onComplete: function() {
-            selectNodeOnClickHandler(temp);
+            selectNode(temp);
         }
       });
 }