diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/osem.js b/app/assets/javascripts/osem.js
index cd1f5304..d114b9f0 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/osem.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/osem.js
@@ -129,6 +129,13 @@ $(function () {
             },
             5)
     });
+
+    /* Count the proposal abstract length */
+    $("#event_abstract").bind('keyup', function() {
+        var $selected = $("#event_event_type_id option:selected")
+        var max = $selected.data("max-words");
+        word_count(this, 'abstract-count', max);
+    } );
 });
 
 function get_color() {
@@ -169,13 +176,6 @@ $("#event_event_type_id").change(function () {
 })
     .trigger('change');
 
-/* Count the proposal abstract length */
-$("#event_abstract").bind('keyup', function() {
-    var $selected = $("#event_event_type_id option:selected")
-    var max = $selected.data("max-words");
-    word_count(this, 'abstract-count', max);
-} );
-
 /* Set the defaults for DataTables initialisation */
 $.extend( true, $.fn.dataTable.defaults, {
     "sDom": "<'row-fluid'<'span6'l><'span6'f>r>t<'row-fluid'<'span6'i><'span6'p>>",