diff --git a/views/episodes.html b/views/episodes.html
index ab39dd6a9..c0c1e9a88 100644
--- a/views/episodes.html
+++ b/views/episodes.html
@@ -760,7 +760,7 @@
                     pageLength: {{ settings.general.page_size_manual_search }},
                     lengthMenu: [ 5, 10, 15, 20, 25 ],
                     searching: true,
-                    scrollX: true,
+                    //scrollX: true, // causing dropdown to not show in short list
                     ordering: false,
                     processing: true,
                     serverSide: false,
diff --git a/views/movie.html b/views/movie.html
index aa0810d0c..0e96bc7b7 100644
--- a/views/movie.html
+++ b/views/movie.html
@@ -599,7 +599,7 @@
 				pageLength: {{ settings.general.page_size_manual_search }},
 				lengthMenu: [ 5, 10, 15, 20, 25 ],
 				searching: true,
-				scrollX: true,
+				//scrollX: true, // causing dropdown to not show in short list
 				ordering: false,
 				processing: true,
 				serverSide: false,