diff --git a/fg.menu.js b/fg.menu.js
index d8d584f..bb86a17 100755
--- a/fg.menu.js
+++ b/fg.menu.js
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ function Menu(caller, options){
 	this.menuOpen = false;
 	this.menuExists = false;
 	
-	var options = jQuery.extend({
+	var options = jQuery.extend(true,{
 		content: null,
 		width: 180, // width of menu container, must be set or passed in to calculate widths of child menus
 		maxHeight: 180, // max height of menu (if a drilldown: height does not include breadcrumb)
@@ -67,7 +67,11 @@ function Menu(caller, options){
 		flyOutOnState: 'ui-state-default',
 		nextMenuLink: 'ui-icon-triangle-1-e', // class to style the link (specifically, a span within the link) used in the multi-level menu to show the next level
 		topLinkText: 'All',
-		nextCrumbLink: 'ui-icon-carat-1-e'	
+		nextCrumbLink: 'ui-icon-carat-1-e',
+	        itemClickEvent: function( item ){
+	            $('#menuSelection').text($(item).text());
+	            location.href = $(item).attr('href');
+	        }	
 	}, options);
 	
 	var killAllMenus = function(){
@@ -76,6 +80,12 @@ function Menu(caller, options){
 		});
 	};
 	
+	
+	var checkMenuHeight = function(el){
+		if (el.height() > options.maxHeight) { el.addClass('fg-menu-scroll') };	
+		el.css({ height: options.maxHeight });
+	};
+	
 	this.kill = function(){
 		caller
 			.removeClass(options.loadingState)
@@ -206,7 +216,8 @@ function Menu(caller, options){
 			else { menu.drilldown(container, options); }	
 		}
 		else {
-			container.find('a').click(function(){
+			container.find('a').click(function( e ){
+                		e.preventDefault();
 				menu.chooseItem(this);
 				return false;
 			});
@@ -235,7 +246,9 @@ function Menu(caller, options){
 				},
 				function(){ $(this).removeClass(options.linkHoverSecondary); }
 			);
-		};	
+		};
+
+        	checkMenuHeight( container );	
 		
 		menu.setPosition(container, caller, options);
 		menu.menuExists = true;
@@ -299,7 +312,8 @@ Menu.prototype.flyout = function(container, options) {
 		);	
 	});
 	
-	container.find('a').click(function(){
+	container.find('a').click(function( e ){
+	        e.preventDefault();
 		menu.chooseItem(this);
 		return false;
 	});