diff --git a/main/src/com/metaweb/gridworks/model/recon/StandardReconConfig.java b/main/src/com/metaweb/gridworks/model/recon/StandardReconConfig.java
index abf006c5e..98407d4d8 100644
--- a/main/src/com/metaweb/gridworks/model/recon/StandardReconConfig.java
+++ b/main/src/com/metaweb/gridworks/model/recon/StandardReconConfig.java
@@ -66,14 +66,14 @@ public class StandardReconConfig extends ReconConfig {
             columnDetails = new ArrayList<ColumnDetail>();
         }
         
-        JSONObject t = obj.getJSONObject("type");
+        JSONObject t = obj.has("type") && !obj.isNull("type") ? obj.getJSONObject("type") : null;
         
         return new StandardReconConfig(
             obj.getString("service"),
             obj.has("identifierSpace") ? obj.getString("identifierSpace") : null,
             obj.has("schemaSpace") ? obj.getString("schemaSpace") : null,
-            t.getString("id"),
-            t.getString("name"),
+            t == null ? null : t.getString("id"),
+            t == null ? null : (t.has("name") ? t.getString("name") : null),
             obj.getBoolean("autoMatch"),
             columnDetails
         );
@@ -125,11 +125,15 @@ public class StandardReconConfig extends ReconConfig {
         writer.key("service"); writer.value(service);
         writer.key("identifierSpace"); writer.value(identifierSpace);
         writer.key("schemaSpace"); writer.value(schemaSpace);
-        writer.key("type"); 
-            writer.object();
-            writer.key("id"); writer.value(typeID);
-            writer.key("name"); writer.value(typeName);
-            writer.endObject();
+        writer.key("type");
+            if (typeID == null) {
+                writer.value(null);
+            } else {
+                writer.object();
+                writer.key("id"); writer.value(typeID);
+                writer.key("name"); writer.value(typeName);
+                writer.endObject();
+            }
         writer.key("autoMatch"); writer.value(autoMatch);
         writer.key("columnDetails");
             writer.array();
@@ -165,7 +169,10 @@ public class StandardReconConfig extends ReconConfig {
             
             jsonWriter.object();
                 jsonWriter.key("query"); jsonWriter.value(cell.value.toString());
-                jsonWriter.key("type"); jsonWriter.value(typeID);
+                if (typeID != null) {
+                    jsonWriter.key("type"); jsonWriter.value(typeID);
+                }
+                
                 if (columnDetails.size() > 0) {
                     jsonWriter.key("properties");
                     jsonWriter.array();
@@ -349,10 +356,12 @@ public class StandardReconConfig extends ReconConfig {
                 recon.setFeature(Recon.Feature_nameWordDistance, wordDistance(text, candidate.name));
                 
                 recon.setFeature(Recon.Feature_typeMatch, false);
-                for (String typeID : candidate.types) {
-                    if (this.typeID.equals(typeID)) {
-                        recon.setFeature(Recon.Feature_typeMatch, true);
-                        break;
+                if (this.typeID != null) {
+                    for (String typeID : candidate.types) {
+                        if (this.typeID.equals(typeID)) {
+                            recon.setFeature(Recon.Feature_typeMatch, true);
+                            break;
+                        }
                     }
                 }
             }
diff --git a/main/webapp/modules/core/scripts/reconciliation/standard-service-panel.html b/main/webapp/modules/core/scripts/reconciliation/standard-service-panel.html
index fd267b759..3647877ad 100644
--- a/main/webapp/modules/core/scripts/reconciliation/standard-service-panel.html
+++ b/main/webapp/modules/core/scripts/reconciliation/standard-service-panel.html
@@ -15,7 +15,13 @@
     </tr>
     <tr>
       <td><input type="radio" name="type-choice" value="">
-        Or enter a specific type: <input size="20" bind="typeInput" /></td>
+        Reconcile against type: <input size="20" bind="typeInput" /></td>
+      <td>
+      </td>
+    </tr>
+    <tr>
+      <td><input type="radio" name="type-choice" value="-">
+        Reconcile against no particular type</td>
       <td>
       </td>
     </tr>
diff --git a/main/webapp/modules/core/scripts/reconciliation/standard-service-panel.js b/main/webapp/modules/core/scripts/reconciliation/standard-service-panel.js
index 9dea64d66..e0a9a80ab 100644
--- a/main/webapp/modules/core/scripts/reconciliation/standard-service-panel.js
+++ b/main/webapp/modules/core/scripts/reconciliation/standard-service-panel.js
@@ -230,11 +230,15 @@ ReconStandardServicePanel.prototype.start = function() {
         };
         
     var choices = this._panel.find('input[name="type-choice"]:checked');
-    if (choices !== null && choices.length > 0 && choices[0].value != "") {
-        type = {
-            id: choices[0].value,
-            name: choices.attr("typeName")
-        };
+    if (choices !== null && choices.length > 0) {
+        if (choices[0].value == '-') {
+            type = null;
+        } else if (choices[0].value != "") {
+            type = {
+                id: choices[0].value,
+                name: choices.attr("typeName")
+            };
+        }
     }
     
     var columnDetails = [];
@@ -275,10 +279,7 @@ ReconStandardServicePanel.prototype.start = function() {
                 service: this._service.url,
                 identifierSpace: this._service.identifierSpace,
                 schemaSpace: this._service.schemaSpace,
-                type: {
-                    id: type.id, 
-                    name: type.name
-                },
+                type: (type) ? { id: type.id, name: type.name } : null,
                 autoMatch: this._elmts.automatchCheck[0].checked,
                 columnDetails: columnDetails
             })
diff --git a/main/webapp/modules/core/scripts/views/data-table/data-table-cell-ui.js b/main/webapp/modules/core/scripts/views/data-table/data-table-cell-ui.js
index 9a94a16cf..44a5e8dad 100644
--- a/main/webapp/modules/core/scripts/views/data-table/data-table-cell-ui.js
+++ b/main/webapp/modules/core/scripts/views/data-table/data-table-cell-ui.js
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ DataTableCellUI.prototype._render = function() {
                     if (addSuggest) {
                         $('<a href="javascript:{}"></a>')
                             .addClass("data-table-recon-search")
-                            .click(function(evt) {console.log(suggestOptions);
+                            .click(function(evt) {
                                 self._searchForMatch(suggestOptions);
                                 return false;
                             })