diff --git a/core/src/main/resources/lib/form/confirm.js b/core/src/main/resources/lib/form/confirm.js
index d5948c3aa28c742ffb8d0cd3ae4b3883a4efba09..64f40eb26717c77113423101eeb4a2f839a82617 100644
--- a/core/src/main/resources/lib/form/confirm.js
+++ b/core/src/main/resources/lib/form/confirm.js
@@ -33,9 +33,6 @@
     }
 
     function initConfirm() {
-      // Timeout is needed since some events get sent on page load for some reason.
-      // Shouldn't hurt anything for this to only start monitoring events after a few millis;.
-      setTimeout(function() {
       var configForm = document.getElementsByName("config");
       if (configForm.length > 0) {
         configForm = configForm[0]
@@ -78,7 +75,6 @@
       for ( var i = 0; i < inputs.length; i++) {
         $(inputs[i]).on('input', confirm);
       }
-      }, 100);
     }
 
     window.onbeforeunload = confirmExit;
diff --git a/core/src/main/resources/lib/form/select/select.js b/core/src/main/resources/lib/form/select/select.js
index 6ea7a1e4c6796413c3a3e4233f70c0db479df9d3..0b7ce9b2c6f14e6c703a68b8258e7bdd0880e90d 100644
--- a/core/src/main/resources/lib/form/select/select.js
+++ b/core/src/main/resources/lib/form/select/select.js
@@ -41,6 +41,19 @@ function updateListBox(listBox,url,config) {
 }
 
 Behaviour.specify("SELECT.select", 'select', 1000, function(e) {
+
+        function hasChanged(selectEl, originalValue) {
+            var firstValue = selectEl.options[0].value;
+            var selectedValue = selectEl.value;
+            if (originalValue == "" && selectedValue == firstValue) {
+                // There was no value pre-selected but after the call to updateListBox the first value is selected by
+                // default. This must not be considered a change.
+                return false;
+            } else {
+                return originalValue != selectedValue;
+            }
+        };
+
         // controls that this SELECT box depends on
         refillOnChange(e,function(params) {
             var value = e.value;
@@ -60,7 +73,9 @@ Behaviour.specify("SELECT.select", 'select', 1000, function(e) {
                     fireEvent(e,"filled"); // let other interested parties know that the items have changed
 
                     // if the update changed the current selection, others listening to this control needs to be notified.
-                    if (e.value!=value) fireEvent(e,"change");
+                    if (hasChanged(e, value)) {
+                        fireEvent(e,"change");
+                    }
                 }
             });
         });