diff --git a/web/skins/classic/views/js/groups.js b/web/skins/classic/views/js/groups.js
index 23304c2319..a990ebd270 100644
--- a/web/skins/classic/views/js/groups.js
+++ b/web/skins/classic/views/js/groups.js
@@ -4,8 +4,7 @@ function newGroup() {
       .done(function(data) {
         insertModalHtml('groupdModal', data.html);
         $j('#groupModal').modal('show');
-        $j('.chosen').chosen("destroy");
-        $j('.chosen').chosen({width: "100%"});
+        $j('#newGroupMonitorIds').chosen({width: "100%"});
       })
       .fail(logAjaxFail);
 }
@@ -17,7 +16,7 @@ function setGroup( element ) {
 }
 
 function editGroup( element ) {
-  var gid = element.getAttribute('data-group-id');
+  const gid = element.getAttribute('data-group-id');
   if ( !gid ) {
     console.log('No group id found in editGroup');
   } else {
@@ -25,8 +24,7 @@ function editGroup( element ) {
         .done(function(data) {
           insertModalHtml('groupModal', data.html);
           $j('#groupModal').modal('show');
-          $j('.chosen').chosen("destroy");
-          $j('.chosen').chosen({width: "100%"});
+          $j('#newGroupMonitorIds').chosen({width: "100%"});
         })
         .fail(logAjaxFail);
   }