diff --git a/ttfrog/webserver/controllers/base.py b/ttfrog/webserver/controllers/base.py
index da6f5c5..e74e7a4 100644
--- a/ttfrog/webserver/controllers/base.py
+++ b/ttfrog/webserver/controllers/base.py
@@ -5,8 +5,7 @@ from collections import defaultdict
 
 from pyramid.httpexceptions import HTTPFound
 from pyramid.interfaces import IRoutesMapper
-
-from sqlalchemy.inspection import inspect
+from wtforms.fields import SelectField
 
 from ttfrog.attribute_map import AttributeMap
 from ttfrog.db.manager import db
@@ -27,8 +26,10 @@ def get_all_routes(request):
     return routes
 
 
-def query_factory(model):
-    return lambda: db.query(model).all()
+class DeferredSelectField(SelectField):
+    def __init__(self, *args, model=None, **kwargs):
+        super().__init__(*args, **kwargs)
+        self.choices = db.query(model).all()
 
 
 class BaseController:
@@ -80,17 +81,6 @@ class BaseController:
         if 'all_records' not in self.attrs:
             self.attrs['all_records'] = db.query(self.model).all()
 
-    def coerce_foreign_keys(self):
-        inspector = inspect(db.engine)
-        foreign_keys = inspector.get_foreign_keys(table_name=self.record.__class__.__tablename__)
-        for foreign_key in foreign_keys:
-            for col in inspector.get_columns(foreign_key['referred_table']):
-                if col['name'] == foreign_key['referred_columns'][0]:
-                    col_name = foreign_key['constrained_columns'][0]
-                    col_type = col['type'].python_type
-                    col_value = col_type(getattr(self.record, col_name))
-                    setattr(self.record, col_name, col_value)
-
     def template_context(self, **kwargs) -> dict:
         return AttributeMap.from_dict({
             'c': dict(
@@ -110,7 +100,6 @@ class BaseController:
         if not self.form.validate():
             return
         self.form.populate_obj(self.record)
-        self.coerce_foreign_keys()
         if self.record.id:
             return
         with db.transaction():
diff --git a/ttfrog/webserver/controllers/character_sheet.py b/ttfrog/webserver/controllers/character_sheet.py
index 2f4a31b..57380cc 100644
--- a/ttfrog/webserver/controllers/character_sheet.py
+++ b/ttfrog/webserver/controllers/character_sheet.py
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
-from ttfrog.webserver.controllers.base import BaseController, query_factory
+from ttfrog.webserver.controllers.base import BaseController, DeferredSelectField
 from ttfrog.db.schema import Character, Ancestry
-from ttfrog.db.manager import db
-from wtforms_alchemy import ModelForm, QuerySelectField
-from wtforms.validators import InputRequired
+from wtforms_alchemy import ModelForm
 from wtforms.fields import SubmitField
 
 
@@ -11,14 +9,9 @@ class CharacterForm(ModelForm):
         model = Character
         exclude = ['slug']
 
-    def get_session():
-        return db.session
-
     save = SubmitField()
     delete = SubmitField()
-
-    ancestry = QuerySelectField('Ancestry', validators=[InputRequired()],
-                                query_factory=query_factory(Ancestry), get_label='name')
+    ancestry = DeferredSelectField('Ancestry', model=Ancestry, coerce=str, validate_choice=True)
 
 
 class CharacterSheet(BaseController):