diff --git a/src/app/select-list.coffee b/src/app/select-list.coffee
index 2bca8c3a9..36319c7c8 100644
--- a/src/app/select-list.coffee
+++ b/src/app/select-list.coffee
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ $ = require 'jquery'
 { View } = require 'space-pen'
 Editor = require 'editor'
 fuzzyFilter = require 'fuzzy-filter'
-_ = require 'underscore'
 
 module.exports =
 class SelectList extends View
@@ -16,6 +15,7 @@ class SelectList extends View
   @viewClass: -> 'select-list'
 
   maxItems: Infinity
+  scheduleTimeout: null
   inputThrottle: 200
   filteredArray: null
   cancelling: false
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ class SelectList extends View
   initialize: ->
     requireStylesheet 'select-list.css'
 
-    @miniEditor.getBuffer().on 'change', _.debounce((=> @populateList()), @inputThrottle)
+    @miniEditor.getBuffer().on 'change', => @schedulePopulateList()
     @miniEditor.on 'focusout', => @cancel() unless @cancelling
     @on 'core:move-up', => @selectPreviousItem()
     @on 'core:move-down', => @selectNextItem()
@@ -38,6 +38,10 @@ class SelectList extends View
       @confirmSelection() if $(e.target).closest('li').hasClass('selected')
       e.preventDefault()
 
+  schedulePopulateList: ->
+    clearTimeout(@scheduleTimeout)
+    @scheduleTimeout = setTimeout((=> @populateList()), @inputThrottle)
+
   setArray: (@array) ->
     @populateList()
     @selectItem(@list.find('li:first'))
@@ -59,7 +63,6 @@ class SelectList extends View
       @loading.text(message).show()
 
   populateList: ->
-    return unless @hasParent()
     filterQuery = @miniEditor.getText()
     if filterQuery.length
       filteredArray = fuzzyFilter(@array, filterQuery, key: @filterKey)
@@ -119,4 +122,4 @@ class SelectList extends View
     @cancelled()
     @detach()
     @cancelling = false
-
+    clearTimeout(@scheduleTimeout)
diff --git a/src/extensions/event-palette/src/event-palette.coffee b/src/extensions/event-palette/src/event-palette.coffee
index fcd8dcdc1..b7eac9017 100644
--- a/src/extensions/event-palette/src/event-palette.coffee
+++ b/src/extensions/event-palette/src/event-palette.coffee
@@ -20,7 +20,9 @@ class EventPalette extends SelectList
   keyBindings: null
 
   initialize: (@rootView) ->
-    @command 'event-palette:toggle', => @cancel()
+    @command 'event-palette:toggle', =>
+      @cancel()
+      false
     super
 
   attach: ->
diff --git a/src/extensions/fuzzy-finder/src/fuzzy-finder.coffee b/src/extensions/fuzzy-finder/src/fuzzy-finder.coffee
index 047190757..14b2441b0 100644
--- a/src/extensions/fuzzy-finder/src/fuzzy-finder.coffee
+++ b/src/extensions/fuzzy-finder/src/fuzzy-finder.coffee
@@ -41,8 +41,8 @@ class FuzzyFinder extends SelectList
     else
       return unless @rootView.project.getPath()?
       @allowActiveEditorChange = false
-      @attach()
       @populateProjectPaths()
+      @attach()
 
   toggleBufferFinder: ->
     if @hasParent()