Multiterm 2017 automatically adds the first item on picklists to newly-added words!

Hi,

I have a peculiar problem with SDL Multiterm 2017. I created a termbase with an entry-level picklist field named "subject field". I added several subjects to this field such as "General, Engineering, Medical", etc. Now, whenever I add a new term in MultiTerm 2017 and click on the "add a new field" and then select "subject field" to assign one of these to my newly-added word, the first one, i.e. "General" is automatically selected as the subject field for my term. I have to click on the dropdown menu on the right hand side of the word "general" to open the picklist, select the right subject field, and then click the tiny x on the top right corner of "general" to remove it. Now, this is very cumbersome and a real pain in the neck. Why is this happening? Is there a way to get around it?

Thanks in advance