diff --git a/vasl_templates/webapp/data/default-scenario.json b/vasl_templates/webapp/data/default-scenario.json
index 09f52f6..8235de2 100644
--- a/vasl_templates/webapp/data/default-scenario.json
+++ b/vasl_templates/webapp/data/default-scenario.json
@@ -3,11 +3,7 @@
 "SCENARIO_THEATER": "ETO",
 
 "PLAYER_1": "german",
-"PLAYER_1_ELR": "5",
-"PLAYER_1_SAN": "2",
 "PLAYER_2": "russian",
-"PLAYER_2_ELR": "5",
-"PLAYER_2_SAN": "2",
 
 "VICTORY_CONDITIONS_WIDTH": "300px",
 "SSR_WIDTH": "300px",
diff --git a/vasl_templates/webapp/static/main.js b/vasl_templates/webapp/static/main.js
index 7c5064c..f85ccb4 100644
--- a/vasl_templates/webapp/static/main.js
+++ b/vasl_templates/webapp/static/main.js
@@ -231,15 +231,16 @@ $(document).ready( function () {
     } ) ;
 
     // load the ELR's and SAN's
-    var buf = [] ;
+    buf = [ "<option value=''>-</option>" ] ; // nb: to help the user to remember to set this
     for ( var i=0 ; i <= 5 ; ++i ) // nb: A19.1: ELR is 0-5
         buf.push( "<option value='" + i + "'>" + i + "</option>" ) ;
     buf = buf.join( "" ) ;
     var player_no, $sel ;
     for ( player_no=1 ; player_no <= 2 ; ++player_no ) {
-        init_select2( $( "select[name='PLAYER_" + player_no + "_ELR']" ),
+        $sel = init_select2( $( "select[name='PLAYER_" + player_no + "_ELR']" ),
             "3em", false, null
         ).html( buf ) ;
+        $sel.data( "select2" ).$results.css( "max-height", "15em" ) ;
     }
     buf = [ "<option value=''>-</option>" ] ; // nb: allow scenarios that have no SAN
     for ( i=2 ; i <= 7 ; ++i ) // nb: A14.1: SAN is 2-7
diff --git a/vasl_templates/webapp/static/snippets.js b/vasl_templates/webapp/static/snippets.js
index fbfdbb8..437c57b 100644
--- a/vasl_templates/webapp/static/snippets.js
+++ b/vasl_templates/webapp/static/snippets.js
@@ -1944,7 +1944,7 @@ function reset_scenario()
     var player_no ;
     for ( player_no=1 ; player_no <= 2 ; ++player_no ) {
         on_player_change( player_no ) ;
-        $("select[name='PLAYER_" + player_no + "_ELR']").val( 0 ).trigger( "change" ) ;
+        $("select[name='PLAYER_" + player_no + "_ELR']").val( "" ).trigger( "change" ) ;
         $("select[name='PLAYER_" + player_no + "_SAN']").val( "" ).trigger( "change" ) ;
     }
 
diff --git a/vasl_templates/webapp/tests/fixtures/data/default-scenario.json b/vasl_templates/webapp/tests/fixtures/data/default-scenario.json
index 3a0ba63..7eee713 100644
--- a/vasl_templates/webapp/tests/fixtures/data/default-scenario.json
+++ b/vasl_templates/webapp/tests/fixtures/data/default-scenario.json
@@ -3,11 +3,6 @@
 "SCENARIO_THEATER": "ETO",
 
 "PLAYER_1": "german",
-"PLAYER_1_ELR": "5",
-"PLAYER_1_SAN": "2",
-
-"PLAYER_2": "russian",
-"PLAYER_2_ELR": "5",
-"PLAYER_2_SAN": "2"
+"PLAYER_2": "russian"
 
 }
diff --git a/vasl_templates/webapp/tests/test_scenario_persistence.py b/vasl_templates/webapp/tests/test_scenario_persistence.py
index 8435c91..c31206c 100644
--- a/vasl_templates/webapp/tests/test_scenario_persistence.py
+++ b/vasl_templates/webapp/tests/test_scenario_persistence.py
@@ -163,9 +163,9 @@ def test_scenario_persistence( webapp, webdriver ): #pylint: disable=too-many-st
     data2 = { k: v for k,v in data.items() if not k.startswith("_") and v }
     assert data2 == {
         "SCENARIO_THEATER": "ETO",
-        "PLAYER_1": "german", "PLAYER_1_ELR": "5", "PLAYER_1_SAN": "2",
+        "PLAYER_1": "german",
         "OB_VEHICLES_MA_NOTES_WIDTH_1": "300px", "OB_ORDNANCE_MA_NOTES_WIDTH_1": "300px",
-        "PLAYER_2": "russian", "PLAYER_2_ELR": "5", "PLAYER_2_SAN": "2",
+        "PLAYER_2": "russian",
         "OB_VEHICLES_MA_NOTES_WIDTH_2": "300px", "OB_ORDNANCE_MA_NOTES_WIDTH_2": "300px",
     }