diff --git a/tomcat/webapps/Trawl/bioresult.jsp b/tomcat/webapps/Trawl/bioresult.jsp
index cc2a416ef42909c62fd1388bec23bf348cbe836a..36460f354acf95ccf8bf673b541edf666839d259 100644
--- a/tomcat/webapps/Trawl/bioresult.jsp
+++ b/tomcat/webapps/Trawl/bioresult.jsp
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 	JSONParser parser = new JSONParser();
 	JSONObject req = (JSONObject) parser.parse(request.getReader().readLine());
 	
-	Integer taxonId = (int) (long) req.get("taxid");
+	Integer taxonId = (int) (long) req.get("taxId");
 	//System.out.println(taxonId);
 	ArrayList<TaxonNode> txNodes = ((ArrayList<TaxonNode>) te.getTaxonRecord(taxonId).getChildren());
 	TaxonNode[] txNodesAr = txNodes.toArray(new TaxonNode[txNodes.size()]);
diff --git a/tomcat/webapps/Trawl/script.js b/tomcat/webapps/Trawl/script.js
index 95d072e12ca22c266901579b7bc71ef9963ea869..ac890186161389b233802f9a8a1ec9020a7291c0 100644
--- a/tomcat/webapps/Trawl/script.js
+++ b/tomcat/webapps/Trawl/script.js
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@ function initPickPhylum(){
 // taxID = id of parent of the thing that changes
 function updateSciR(tagID, object) {
     var path = 'doBioLookup.do';
-    var taxID = object.value;
-    alert("Updating: " + tagID + "with children of: " + taxID);   //TODO Remove me
+    var taxID = Number(object.value);
+   // alert("Updating: " + tagID + "with children of: " + taxID);   //TODO Remove me
     var params = { taxId: taxID};
     var xhr = new XMLHttpRequest();
     xhr.open("POST", path);