diff --git a/src/components/Epochs.js b/src/components/Epochs.js
index 0b489ef..3076d21 100644
--- a/src/components/Epochs.js
+++ b/src/components/Epochs.js
@@ -29,7 +29,8 @@ const Epochs = ({epochs, errors, dispatch}) => {
     const dispatchValue = {
       name: epoch.name,
       index: epochIndex,
-      changes: epoch.changes
+      changes: epoch.changes,
+      parent: epoch.parent
     }
     dispatch({
       type: "SET_EPOCH",
diff --git a/src/components/SoundChangeSuite.js b/src/components/SoundChangeSuite.js
index b066d6e..5d1903f 100644
--- a/src/components/SoundChangeSuite.js
+++ b/src/components/SoundChangeSuite.js
@@ -46,9 +46,10 @@ const SoundChangeSuite = props => {
         <select 
           name="parent"
           list={`${epoch.name}-parents-list`}
-          value={epoch.parent}
+          value={epoch.parent || 'none'}
           onChange={e=>changeHandler(
             e, ()=>{
+              console.log(e.target.value)
               setEpoch({...epoch, parent:e.target.value})
             })
           }
diff --git a/src/reducers/reducer.results.js b/src/reducers/reducer.results.js
index 2f903b5..dba1101 100644
--- a/src/reducers/reducer.results.js
+++ b/src/reducers/reducer.results.js
@@ -277,7 +277,7 @@ export const run = (state: stateType, action: resultsAction): stateType => {
     }, []);
     
     const results = passResults.map(stringifyResults);
-    return {...state, results }
+    return {...state, results, errors: {} }
   } catch (err) {
     console.log(err)
     return {...state, errors: err };