diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..14bc68c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+/nbproject/private/
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/dist/jquery.bootcomplete.js b/dist/jquery.bootcomplete.js
index 25e6c10..9903357 100644
--- a/dist/jquery.bootcomplete.js
+++ b/dist/jquery.bootcomplete.js
@@ -18,8 +18,11 @@
             idField : true,
             idFieldName : $(this).attr('name')+"_id",
             minLength : 3,
+            id: 'id',
+            label: 'label',
             dataParams : {},
-            formParams : {}
+            formParams : {},
+            select: function(item) {}
         }
         
         var settings = $.extend( {}, defaults, options );
@@ -77,12 +80,16 @@
                     success: function( json ) {
                         var results = ''
                         $.each( json, function(i, j) {
-                            results += '<a href="#" class="list-group-item" data-id="'+j.id+'" data-label="'+j.label+'">'+j.label+'</a>'
+                            results += '<a href="#" class="list-group-item" data-id="'+j[settings.id]+'" data-label="'+j[settings.label]+'">'+j[settings.label]+'</a>'
                         });
                         
                         $(that).next('.'+settings.menuClass).html(results)
                         $(that).next('.'+settings.menuClass).children().on("click", selectResult)
                         $(that).next('.'+settings.menuClass).show()
+                        
+                        if(json.length == 0) {
+                            settings.handleEmpty();
+                        }
                    
                     }
                 })
@@ -104,6 +111,11 @@
 					//ensure we trigger the onchange so we can do stuff
 					$(that).prev('input[name="' + settings.idFieldName + '"]').trigger('change');
                 }
+            } else {
+                var item = {};
+                item.id = $(this).data('id');
+                item.label= $(this).data('label');
+                settings.select(item);
             }
             $(that).next('.' + settings.menuClass).hide();
             return false;
@@ -112,4 +124,4 @@
         return this;
     };
  
-}( jQuery ));
+}( jQuery ));
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/nbproject/project.properties b/nbproject/project.properties
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..da97eba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nbproject/project.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+files.encoding=UTF-8
+site.root.folder=
+source.folder=
diff --git a/nbproject/project.xml b/nbproject/project.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6812457
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nbproject/project.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project xmlns="http://www.netbeans.org/ns/project/1">
+    <type>org.netbeans.modules.web.clientproject</type>
+    <configuration>
+        <data xmlns="http://www.netbeans.org/ns/clientside-project/1">
+            <name>bootcomplete.js</name>
+        </data>
+    </configuration>
+</project>