diff --git a/packages/bbui/src/Form/Core/Multiselect.svelte b/packages/bbui/src/Form/Core/Multiselect.svelte
index eb39e39042..784cee70dc 100644
--- a/packages/bbui/src/Form/Core/Multiselect.svelte
+++ b/packages/bbui/src/Form/Core/Multiselect.svelte
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <script>
   import Picker from "./Picker.svelte"
-  import { createEventDispatcher } from "svelte"
+  import { createEventDispatcher, onMount } from "svelte"
 
   export let value = []
   export let id = null
@@ -16,8 +16,33 @@
   export let autoWidth = false
 
   const dispatch = createEventDispatcher()
+  const parseValues = value => {
+    return Array.isArray(value)
+      ? value.reduce((acc, entry) => {
+          if (typeof ele === "string" && entry.trim() === "") {
+            return acc
+          }
+          let processedOption = String(entry)
+          if (options.indexOf(processedOption) > -1) {
+            acc.push(processedOption)
+          }
+          return acc
+        }, [])
+      : []
+  }
+  let loaded = false
+
+  $: combinedValues = value ? [...value].concat(options) : []
+  $: superSet = new Set(combinedValues)
+
+  $: if (loaded && options.length != superSet.size) {
+    // ensure that the values being pushed in are valid.
+    dispatch("change", parseValues(value))
+  }
+
   $: selectedLookupMap = getSelectedLookupMap(value)
   $: optionLookupMap = getOptionLookupMap(options)
+
   $: fieldText = getFieldText(value, optionLookupMap, placeholder)
   $: isOptionSelected = optionValue => selectedLookupMap[optionValue] === true
   $: toggleOption = makeToggleOption(selectedLookupMap, value)
@@ -70,6 +95,10 @@
       }
     }
   }
+
+  onMount(() => {
+    loaded = true
+  })
 </script>
 
 <Picker
diff --git a/packages/client/src/components/app/forms/InnerForm.svelte b/packages/client/src/components/app/forms/InnerForm.svelte
index 0c512bbe0f..6b7e1a84d0 100644
--- a/packages/client/src/components/app/forms/InnerForm.svelte
+++ b/packages/client/src/components/app/forms/InnerForm.svelte
@@ -128,23 +128,6 @@
     return fields.find(field => get(field).name === name)
   }
 
-  const getDefault = (defaultValue, schema, type) => {
-    // Remove any values not present in the field schema
-    // Convert any values supplied to string
-    if (Array.isArray(defaultValue) && type == "array") {
-      return defaultValue.reduce((acc, entry) => {
-        let processedOption = String(entry)
-        let schemaOptions = schema.constraints.inclusion
-        if (schemaOptions.indexOf(processedOption) > -1) {
-          acc.push(processedOption)
-        }
-        return acc
-      }, [])
-    } else {
-      return defaultValue
-    }
-  }
-
   const formApi = {
     registerField: (
       field,
@@ -170,10 +153,8 @@
             table
           )
 
-      const parsedDefault = getDefault(defaultValue, schema?.[field], type)
-
       // If we've already registered this field then keep some existing state
-      let initialValue = Helpers.deepGet(initialValues, field) ?? parsedDefault
+      let initialValue = Helpers.deepGet(initialValues, field) ?? defaultValue
       let initialError = null
       let fieldId = `id-${Helpers.uuid()}`
       const existingField = getField(field)
@@ -206,11 +187,11 @@
           error: initialError,
           disabled:
             disabled || fieldDisabled || (isAutoColumn && !editAutoColumns),
-          defaultValue: parsedDefault,
+          defaultValue,
           validator,
           lastUpdate: Date.now(),
         },
-        fieldApi: makeFieldApi(field, parsedDefault),
+        fieldApi: makeFieldApi(field, defaultValue),
         fieldSchema: schema?.[field] ?? {},
       })