diff --git a/addon/components/md-select.js b/addon/components/md-select.js
index 5a81cce6..6894c06c 100644
--- a/addon/components/md-select.js
+++ b/addon/components/md-select.js
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@ import layout from '../templates/components/md-select';
 export default MaterializeInputField.extend({
   layout: layout,
 
+  optionLabelPath: 'content',
+  optionValuePath: 'content',
+
   didInsertElement() {
     this._super(...arguments);
     this._setupSelect();
diff --git a/tests/unit/components/materialize-checkboxes-test.js b/tests/unit/components/materialize-checkboxes-test.js
index 3281be29..8c49ab85 100644
--- a/tests/unit/components/materialize-checkboxes-test.js
+++ b/tests/unit/components/materialize-checkboxes-test.js
@@ -29,6 +29,17 @@ test('it renders', function(assert) {
   assert.equal(component._state, 'inDOM');
 });
 
+test('simple array test', function (assert) {
+  var component = this.subject({
+    content: Ember.A(['Dexter Morgan', 'Deborah Morgan', 'Harry Morgan']),
+    selection: Ember.A(['Harry Morgan'])
+  });
+  this.render();
+  assert.deepEqual(this.$('label').toArray().map(x => Ember.$(x).text()), ['Dexter Morgan', 'Deborah Morgan', 'Harry Morgan'], 'Choices are valid');
+  assert.equal(this.$('input[type="checkbox"]')[2].checked, true, 'Third checkbox is checked');
+});
+
+
 disabledGroupTest();
 groupItemsRenderTest();
 initialSelectionTest(Ember.A(['bbb', 'ccc']));
diff --git a/tests/unit/components/materialize-radios-test.js b/tests/unit/components/materialize-radios-test.js
index a8cde0b6..58b2d9b1 100644
--- a/tests/unit/components/materialize-radios-test.js
+++ b/tests/unit/components/materialize-radios-test.js
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import Ember from 'ember';
+
 import {
   moduleForComponent,
   test
@@ -28,6 +30,18 @@ test('it renders', function(assert) {
   assert.equal(component._state, 'inDOM');
 });
 
+test('simple array test', function (assert) {
+  var component = this.subject({
+    content: Ember.A(['Dexter Morgan', 'Deborah Morgan', 'Harry Morgan']),
+    selection: 'Harry Morgan'
+  });
+  this.render();
+
+  assert.deepEqual(this.$('label').toArray().map(x => Ember.$(x).text().trim()), ['Dexter Morgan', 'Deborah Morgan', 'Harry Morgan'], 'Choices are valid');
+  assert.equal(this.$('input[type="radio"]')[2].checked, true, 'Third radio is checked');
+});
+
+
 disabledGroupTest();
 groupItemsRenderTest();
 initialSelectionTest('bbb');
diff --git a/tests/unit/components/materialize-select-test.js b/tests/unit/components/materialize-select-test.js
index 1c447291..fd934059 100644
--- a/tests/unit/components/materialize-select-test.js
+++ b/tests/unit/components/materialize-select-test.js
@@ -44,3 +44,20 @@ test('select label is active with value', function(assert) {
   this.render();
   assert.ok(component.$('>label').hasClass('active'));
 });
+
+test('select creates the correct choices from a simple content array', function(assert) {
+
+  var component = this.subject({
+    content: new Ember.A(['Walter White', 'Jesee Pinkman', 'Gus Freng']),
+    value: 'Jesee Pinkman'
+  });
+  this.render();
+  assert.equal(component.$('input').val(), 'Jesee Pinkman', 'Initially selected value is correct');
+
+  assert.deepEqual(
+    this.$('.dropdown-content li span').toArray().map(x => x.innerText),
+    ['Walter White', 'Jesee Pinkman', 'Gus Freng'],
+    'Choices are valid'
+  );
+
+});
diff --git a/tests/unit/components/materialize-switches-test.js b/tests/unit/components/materialize-switches-test.js
index eb49440f..7162c332 100644
--- a/tests/unit/components/materialize-switches-test.js
+++ b/tests/unit/components/materialize-switches-test.js
@@ -29,6 +29,16 @@ test('it renders', function(assert) {
   assert.equal(component._state, 'inDOM');
 });
 
+test('simple array test', function (assert) {
+  var component = this.subject({
+    content: Ember.A(['Dexter Morgan', 'Deborah Morgan', 'Harry Morgan']),
+    selection: Ember.A(['Deborah Morgan'])
+  });
+  this.render();
+  assert.deepEqual(this.$('.switch-label').toArray().map(x => Ember.$(x).text()), ['Dexter Morgan', 'Deborah Morgan', 'Harry Morgan'], 'Choices are valid');
+  assert.equal(this.$('input[type="checkbox"]')[1].checked, true, 'Second checkbox is checked');
+});
+
 disabledGroupTest();
 groupItemsRenderTest();
 initialSelectionTest(Ember.A(['bbb', 'ccc']));