diff --git a/modules/services/wikidata.js b/modules/services/wikidata.js
index 4e7e53b05..7e6ea2b3d 100644
--- a/modules/services/wikidata.js
+++ b/modules/services/wikidata.js
@@ -85,8 +85,12 @@ export default {
 
 
     languagesToQuery: function() {
+        var localeCode = localizer.localeCode().toLowerCase();
+        // HACK: en-us isn't a wikidata language. We should really be filtering by
+        // the languages known to be supported by wikidata.
+        if (localeCode === 'en-us') localeCode = 'en';
         return utilArrayUniq([
-            localizer.localeCode().toLowerCase(),
+            localeCode,
             localizer.languageCode().toLowerCase(),
             'en'
         ]);
diff --git a/modules/ui/fields/wikidata.js b/modules/ui/fields/wikidata.js
index debeaa6d8..e2a2311e6 100644
--- a/modules/ui/fields/wikidata.js
+++ b/modules/ui/fields/wikidata.js
@@ -68,14 +68,12 @@ export function uiFieldWikidata(field, context) {
             .append('li')
             .attr('class', 'wikidata-search');
 
-        _searchInput = searchRowEnter
+        searchRowEnter
             .append('input')
             .attr('type', 'text')
             .attr('id', field.domId)
             .style('flex', '1')
-            .call(utilNoAuto);
-
-        _searchInput
+            .call(utilNoAuto)
             .on('focus', function() {
                 var node = d3_select(this).node();
                 node.setSelectionRange(0, node.value.length);
@@ -103,6 +101,10 @@ export function uiFieldWikidata(field, context) {
                 if (_wikiURL) window.open(_wikiURL, '_blank');
             });
 
+        searchRow = searchRow.merge(searchRowEnter);
+
+        _searchInput = searchRow.select('input');
+
         var wikidataProperties = ['description', 'identifier'];
 
         var items = list.selectAll('li.labeled-input')