diff --git a/jqm.autoComplete-1.5.1.js b/jqm.autoComplete-1.5.1.js
index c9ab923..69bf96a 100755
--- a/jqm.autoComplete-1.5.1.js
+++ b/jqm.autoComplete-1.5.1.js
@@ -31,7 +31,8 @@
 		interval : 0,
 		builder: null,
 		dataHandler : null,
-		class: null
+		class: null,
+		forceFirstChoiceOnEnterKey : true
 	},
 	openXHR = {},
 	buildItems = function($this, data, settings) {
@@ -116,7 +117,7 @@
 					.removeClass('ui-btn-active').nextAll('li.ui-btn:eq(0)')
 					.addClass('ui-btn-active').length ||
 						$('.ui-btn:first', $(settings.target)).addClass('ui-btn-active');
-			} else if (e.keyCode === 13) {
+			} else if (e.keyCode === 13 && settings.forceFirstChoiceOnEnterKey) {
 				$('.ui-btn-active a', $(settings.target)).click().length  || $('.ui-btn:first a', $(settings.target)).click();
 			}
 		}
diff --git a/readme.md b/readme.md
index abcf894..9438174 100755
--- a/readme.md
+++ b/readme.md
@@ -31,7 +31,8 @@ Clone the git repo - `git clone https://github.com/commadelimited/autoComplete.j
 		onLoading: fn(), // optional callback function called just prior to ajax call
 		onLoadingFinished: fn(), // optional callback function called just after ajax call has completed
 		datahandler : fn(), // optional function to convert the received JSON data to the format described below
-		class: 'tinted' // optional class name for listview's <li> tag
+		class: 'tinted', // optional class name for listview's <li> tag
+		forceFirstChoiceOnEnterKey : true // force the first choice in the list when Enter key is hit
 	});
 
 AutoComplete can access local arrays or remote data sources.