diff --git a/js/fieldmanager-select.js b/js/fieldmanager-select.js
index 83d07e4e6d..8ab5419b79 100644
--- a/js/fieldmanager-select.js
+++ b/js/fieldmanager-select.js
@@ -101,6 +101,21 @@ function fm_select_init() {
 
 }
 
+function chosen_init() {
+	if ( $( '.chosen-select' ).length ) {
+		var chosenOpts = {
+			allow_single_deselect: true,
+			disable_search_threshold: -1,
+			width: '350px'
+		};
+		$( '.fm-wrapper' ).on( 'fm_added_element fm_collapsible_toggle fm_activate_tab', '.fm-item', function() {
+			$( '.chosen-select:visible', this ).chosen( chosenOpts )
+		});
+		$( '.chosen-select:visible' ).chosen( chosenOpts );
+	}
+}
+
 fmLoadModule( fm_select_init );
+fmLoadModule( chosen_init) ;
 
 } )( jQuery );
diff --git a/php/class-fieldmanager-select.php b/php/class-fieldmanager-select.php
index 87efd826b0..bf13e66171 100644
--- a/php/class-fieldmanager-select.php
+++ b/php/class-fieldmanager-select.php
@@ -106,10 +106,6 @@ public function form_element( $value = array() ) {
 		// Handle type-ahead based fields using the chosen library.
 		if ( $this->type_ahead ) {
 			$select_classes[] = 'chosen-select';
-			if ( ! isset( $GLOBALS['fm_chosen_initialized'] ) ) {
-				add_action( 'admin_footer', array( $this, 'chosen_init' ) );
-				$GLOBALS['fm_chosen_initialized'] = true;
-			}
 
 			if ( $this->grouped ) {
 				$select_classes[] = 'fm-options-grouped';
@@ -177,25 +173,4 @@ public function form_data_start_group( $label ) {
 	public function form_data_end_group() {
 		return '</optgroup>';
 	}
-
-	/**
-	 * Init chosen.js.
-	 */
-	public function chosen_init() {
-		?>
-		<script type="text/javascript">
-		jQuery(function($){
-			var chosenOpts = {
-				allow_single_deselect: true,
-				disable_search_threshold: -1,
-				width: '350px'
-			}
-			$('.fm-wrapper').on("fm_added_element fm_collapsible_toggle fm_activate_tab",".fm-item",function(){
-				$(".chosen-select:visible",this).chosen(chosenOpts)
-			});
-			$(".chosen-select:visible").chosen(chosenOpts);
-		});
-		</script>
-		<?php
-	}
 }