diff --git a/autocomplete/templates/autocomplete/item.html b/autocomplete/templates/autocomplete/item.html
index 6c70e06..e14bea0 100644
--- a/autocomplete/templates/autocomplete/item.html
+++ b/autocomplete/templates/autocomplete/item.html
@@ -12,9 +12,7 @@
     hx-include="#{{ component_id }}"
     hx-vals='{"name": "{{ name|escapejs }}", "component_id": "{{ component_id|escapejs }}", "item": "{{ item.value|escapejs }}"}'
     hx-swap="outerHTML"
-    {% if swap_oob %}
-    hx-swap-oob="outerHTML:#{{ component_id }}__item__{{ item.value|make_id }}"
-    {% endif %}
+   {% if swap_oob %} hx-swap-oob="outerHTML:#{{ component_id }}__item__{{ item.value|make_id }}" {% else %} hx-target="this" {% endif %}
 >
     {{ item.label|search_highlight:search }}
 </a>
@@ -74,4 +72,4 @@
         phac_aspc_autocomplete_trigger_change(document.currentScript.dataset.componentid + '__container');
     </script>
 
-{% endif %}
\ No newline at end of file
+{% endif %}