diff --git a/src/app/components/select/select.ts b/src/app/components/select/select.ts
index 801afdbc4..dabb0f925 100644
--- a/src/app/components/select/select.ts
+++ b/src/app/components/select/select.ts
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ export class Select {
   ];
   private items1: Array<string> = ['Amsterdam', 'Birmingham', 'Dortmund', 'Gothenburg', 'London', 'Seville'];
   private item2: string = 'Gothenburg';
-  private item: any = { name: 'Dortmund', value: '3', disabled: false };
+  private item: any = { value: '3', name: 'Dortmund', disabled: false };
   //private item: string = '3';
   private item1: any = { name: 'Dortmund', value: '3' };
   private change(value: any) {
diff --git a/src/components/select/select.ts b/src/components/select/select.ts
index 43d979ac5..bc9e81d23 100644
--- a/src/components/select/select.ts
+++ b/src/components/select/select.ts
@@ -132,19 +132,7 @@ export class Md2Select implements AfterContentInit, AfterContentChecked, Control
   }
 
   ngAfterContentChecked() {
-    let opt = this._options.filter((o) => {
-      //let o1 = o.value, o2 = this.value;
-      //if (o.value == this.value) return true;
-      //if (o1 === null || o2 === null) return false;
-      //if (o1 !== o1 && o2 !== o2) return true;
-      //let t1 = typeof o1, t2 = typeof o2;
-      //if (t1 === t2 && t1 === 'object') {
-      //  if (JSON.stringify(o1) === JSON.stringify(o2)) return true;
-      //  else return false;
-      //}
-      //return false;
-      return this.equals(o.value, this.value);
-    })[0];
+    let opt = this._options.filter(o => this.equals(o.value, this.value))[0];
     if (opt) {
       this.selectedValue = document.getElementById(opt.id).innerHTML;
     }