diff --git a/productMods/templates/freemarker/edit/forms/addAuthorsToInformationResource.ftl b/productMods/templates/freemarker/edit/forms/addAuthorsToInformationResource.ftl
index f7a1c460..93429bd6 100644
--- a/productMods/templates/freemarker/edit/forms/addAuthorsToInformationResource.ftl
+++ b/productMods/templates/freemarker/edit/forms/addAuthorsToInformationResource.ftl
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ var i18nStrings = {
     authorTypeText: '${i18n().author_capitalized}',
     organizationTypeText: '${i18n().organization_capitalized}',
     helpTextSelect: '${i18n().select_an_existing}',
-    helptextAdd: '${i18n().or_add_new_one}'
+    helpTextAdd: '${i18n().or_add_new_one}'
 };
 </script>
 
diff --git a/productMods/templates/freemarker/edit/forms/addEditorsToInformationResource.ftl b/productMods/templates/freemarker/edit/forms/addEditorsToInformationResource.ftl
index 4bd7bc51..1df9b064 100644
--- a/productMods/templates/freemarker/edit/forms/addEditorsToInformationResource.ftl
+++ b/productMods/templates/freemarker/edit/forms/addEditorsToInformationResource.ftl
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ var i18nStrings = {
     removeEditorshipAlert: '${i18n().error_processing_editor_request}',
     editorTypeText: '${i18n().editor_capitalized}',
     helpTextSelect: '${i18n().select_an_existing}',
-    helptextAdd: '${i18n().or_add_new_one}'
+    helpTextAdd: '${i18n().or_add_new_one}'
 };
 </script>
 
diff --git a/productMods/templates/freemarker/edit/forms/addUserDefinedConcept.ftl b/productMods/templates/freemarker/edit/forms/addUserDefinedConcept.ftl
index 4eb91608..9fbac50f 100644
--- a/productMods/templates/freemarker/edit/forms/addUserDefinedConcept.ftl
+++ b/productMods/templates/freemarker/edit/forms/addUserDefinedConcept.ftl
@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@
 
 <#assign sparqlForAcFilter = editConfiguration.pageData.sparqlForAcFilter />
 
+<#--This flag is for clearing the label field on submission for an existing object being selected from autocomplete.
+Set this flag on the input acUriReceiver where you would like this behavior to occur. -->
+<#assign flagClearLabelForExisting = "flagClearLabelForExisting" />
+
 <h2>${i18n().create_own_concept_all_caps}</h2>
 
 <@lvf.unsupportedBrowser urls.base /> 
@@ -26,7 +30,7 @@
                         <a href="" class="verifyMatch"  title="${i18n().verify_match_capitalized}">(${i18n().verify_match_capitalized}</a> ${i18n().or} 
                         <a href="#" class="changeSelection" id="changeSelection" title="${i18n().change_selection}">${i18n().change_selection})</a>
 		            </p>
-		            <input class="acUriReceiver" type="hidden" id="conceptNode" name="conceptNode" value="" />
+		            <input class="acUriReceiver" type="hidden" id="conceptNode" name="conceptNode" value="" ${flagClearLabelForExisting}="true"/>
         </div>
 
     <br />
@@ -54,7 +58,8 @@
         typeName: 'Concept',
         defaultTypeName: 'concept', // used in repair mode to generate button text
         baseHref: '${urls.base}/individual?uri=',
-        limitToConceptClasses:["http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/core#Concept"]
+        limitToConceptClasses:["http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/core#Concept"],
+        flagClearLabelForExisting: '${flagClearLabelForExisting}'
     };
     var i18nStrings = {
         selectAnExisting: '${i18n().select_an_existing}',
diff --git a/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/edit/n3editing/configuration/generators/AddAuthorsToInformationResourceGenerator.java b/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/edit/n3editing/configuration/generators/AddAuthorsToInformationResourceGenerator.java
index ae864185..3854a999 100644
--- a/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/edit/n3editing/configuration/generators/AddAuthorsToInformationResourceGenerator.java
+++ b/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/edit/n3editing/configuration/generators/AddAuthorsToInformationResourceGenerator.java
@@ -360,7 +360,7 @@ public class AddAuthorsToInformationResourceGenerator extends VivoBaseGenerator
         + "  OPTIONAL { ?authorURI rdfs:label ?authorName } \n"
         + "  OPTIONAL { ?authorshipURI core:rank ?rank } \n" 
 	    + "} UNION {  \n" 
-	    + "	 <http://vivo.cornell.edu/individual/n2251> core:relatedBy ?authorshipURI .  \n" 
+	    + "	 ?subject core:relatedBy ?authorshipURI .  \n" 
 	    + "	 ?authorshipURI a core:Authorship .  \n" 
 	    + "	 ?authorshipURI core:relates ?authorURI .  \n" 
 	    + "	 ?authorURI a vcard:Individual .  \n"