diff --git a/app/helpers/outfits_helper.rb b/app/helpers/outfits_helper.rb
index 5dd74503..06220510 100644
--- a/app/helpers/outfits_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/outfits_helper.rb
@@ -25,22 +25,29 @@ module OutfitsHelper
     link_to content, wardrobe_path(:anchor => query), options
   end
   
-  def search_helper(filter)
+  def search_helper(filter, standard_key)
     key = translate("#{filter}.key")
     default_value = translate("#{filter}.default_value")
     content_tag :span, default_value, :class => 'search-helper',
-      'data-search-filter' => key
+                                      'data-search-filter-key' => standard_key,
+                                      'data-search-filter-name' => key
   end
   
-  def search_query_description(base)
+  def search_query_description(base, standard_key)
     translate "#{base}.description_html",
-              :default_value => search_helper("#{base}.filter")
+              :default_value => search_helper("#{base}.filter", standard_key)
   end
   
-  def search_query_with_helper(base)
+  def search_query_with_helper(base, standard_key)
     translate "#{base}.query_html",
               :filter_key => content_tag(:span, translate("#{base}.filter.key")),
-              :filter_value => search_helper("#{base}.filter")
+              :filter_value => search_helper("#{base}.filter", standard_key)
+  end
+  
+  def search_query(translation_key, filter_key)
+    base = "outfits.edit.search.examples.#{translation_key}"
+    content_tag(:dt, search_query_with_helper(base, filter_key)) +
+      content_tag(:dd, search_query_description(base, filter_key))
   end
   
   def outfit_creation_summary(outfit)
diff --git a/app/views/outfits/edit.html.haml b/app/views/outfits/edit.html.haml
index 56d882cf..f0e36d0f 100644
--- a/app/views/outfits/edit.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/outfits/edit.html.haml
@@ -109,12 +109,8 @@
       %div
         %dt= t '.search.examples.flags.query'
         %dd= t '.search.examples.flags.description'
-      %div
-        %dt= search_query_with_helper '.search.examples.species'
-        %dd= search_query_description '.search.examples.species'
-      %div
-        %dt= search_query_with_helper '.search.examples.type'
-        %dd= search_query_description '.search.examples.type'
+      %div= search_query 'species', 'species'
+      %div= search_query 'type', 'occupies'
     #preview-search-form-loading= t '.search.loading'
     #preview-search-form-error.possible-error
     #preview-search-form-no-results
diff --git a/config/locales/pt.yml b/config/locales/pt.yml
index 6e032d42..b3c32857 100644
--- a/config/locales/pt.yml
+++ b/config/locales/pt.yml
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ pt:
           query: espécies:shoyru
           description: mostra qualquer item que um Shoyru pode vestir
         type:
-          query: ocupa:chapéu -restringe:cabelo
+          query: ocupa:chapéus -restringe:cabelo
           description: 'mostra qualquer item que ocupa a zona do "chapéu", mas não se restringe a zona do "cabelo" '
       newest_items:
         header: Novos itens
@@ -462,7 +462,7 @@ pt:
           type:
             filter:
               key: ocupa
-              default_value: fundo
+              default_value: fundosdeimagem
             query_html: "%{filter_key}:%{filter_value}"
             description_html: 'mostra como resultado qualquer item que ocupe a zona de %{default_value} '
       userbar:
diff --git a/public/javascripts/outfits/edit.js b/public/javascripts/outfits/edit.js
index 39049a5c..281a1cc4 100644
--- a/public/javascripts/outfits/edit.js
+++ b/public/javascripts/outfits/edit.js
@@ -1260,9 +1260,13 @@ View.Search = function (wardrobe) {
 
   function prepBuildHelper(type, getSet) {
     return function (objs) {
-      var select = $('<select/>',
-        {'class': 'search-helper', 'data-search-filter': type}),
-        span = $('span.search-helper[data-search-filter=' + type + ']');
+      var span = $('span.search-helper[data-search-filter-key=' + type + ']');
+      var filterName = span.attr('data-search-filter-name');
+      var select = $('<select/>', {
+        'class': 'search-helper',
+        'data-search-filter': filterName
+      });
+      var defaultValue = span.get(0).innerText;
       objs = getSet(objs);
       for(var i = 0, l = objs.length; i < l; i++) {
         $('<option/>', {text: objs[i].name}).appendTo(select);
@@ -1270,12 +1274,19 @@ View.Search = function (wardrobe) {
       span.replaceWith(function () {
         return select.clone().fadeIn('fast');
       });
+      
+      // have to set selected after it's already in the DOM; not sure why :/
+      $('select.search-helper[data-search-filter=' + filterName + '] option').each(function () {
+        if(this.innerText == defaultValue) {
+          this.selected = "selected";
+        }
+      });
     }
   }
 
   function getSpecies(x) { return x.species }
 
-  wardrobe.item_zone_sets.bind('update', prepBuildHelper('type', function (x) {
+  wardrobe.item_zone_sets.bind('update', prepBuildHelper('occupies', function (x) {
     return x;
   }));