diff --git a/src/app/components/ClassifiedActions.svelte b/src/app/components/ClassifiedActions.svelte
index d01a0b8a..f034d945 100644
--- a/src/app/components/ClassifiedActions.svelte
+++ b/src/app/components/ClassifiedActions.svelte
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   import {getTagValue, getTagValues, getAddress} from "@welshman/util"
   import {pubkey} from "@welshman/app"
   import Pen2 from "@assets/icons/pen-2.svg?dataurl"
-  import {normalizeTopic} from '@lib/util'
+  import {normalizeTopic} from "@lib/util"
   import Link from "@lib/components/Link.svelte"
   import Icon from "@lib/components/Icon.svelte"
   import Button from "@lib/components/Button.svelte"
diff --git a/src/app/components/TopicMultiSelect.svelte b/src/app/components/TopicMultiSelect.svelte
index fa63339d..1f56ebd3 100644
--- a/src/app/components/TopicMultiSelect.svelte
+++ b/src/app/components/TopicMultiSelect.svelte
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   import {writable} from "svelte/store"
   import type {Writable} from "svelte/store"
   import type {Instance} from "tippy.js"
-  import {remove, without, uniq} from "@welshman/lib"
+  import {remove, reject, spec, uniq} from "@welshman/lib"
   import {createSearch, topics} from "@welshman/app"
   import {normalizeTopic} from "@lib/util"
   import Suggestions from "@lib/components/Suggestions.svelte"
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
   let {value = $bindable(), term = writable("")}: Props = $props()
 
   const topicSearch = $derived.by(() =>
-    createSearch(without(value, $topics), {
+    createSearch(reject(spec({name: value}), $topics), {
       getValue: topic => topic.name,
       fuseOptions: {
         keys: ["name"],
@@ -76,9 +76,9 @@
 </script>
 
 <div class="flex flex-col gap-2">
-  <div class="flex flex-wrap gap-2">
+  <div>
     {#each value as topic (topic)}
-      <div class="badge badge-neutral gap-1">
+      <div class="flex-inline badge badge-neutral mr-1 gap-1">
         <Button class="flex items-center" onclick={() => removeTopic(topic)}>
           <Icon icon={CloseCircle} size={4} class="-ml-1 mt-px" />
         </Button>
diff --git a/src/lib/components/Suggestions.svelte b/src/lib/components/Suggestions.svelte
index 0e39e153..db5bfc83 100644
--- a/src/lib/components/Suggestions.svelte
+++ b/src/lib/components/Suggestions.svelte
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
   let items: string[] = $state([])
 
   const populateItems = throttle(300, term => {
-    items = search(term).slice(0, 5)
+    items = term ? search(term).slice(0, 5) : []
   })
 
   const setIndex = (newIndex: number, block: any) => {