diff --git a/core/modules/widgets/select.js b/core/modules/widgets/select.js
index 852ef55f1..c86869d46 100644
--- a/core/modules/widgets/select.js
+++ b/core/modules/widgets/select.js
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ SelectWidget.prototype.handleChangeEvent = function(event) {
 		var value = this.getSelectDomNode().value;
 	} else {
 		var value = this.getSelectValues()
-				value = value.map(function(s) { return "[["+s+"]]"}).join(" ");
+				value = $tw.utils.stringifyList(value);
 	}
 	this.wiki.setText(this.selectTitle,this.selectField,this.selectIndex,value);
 };
@@ -174,4 +174,4 @@ SelectWidget.prototype.refresh = function(changedTiddlers) {
 
 exports.select = SelectWidget;
 
-})();
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+})();