diff --git a/lib/assets/javascripts/err_supply-bootstrap.js b/lib/assets/javascripts/err_supply-bootstrap.js
index 9d00604..93f3430 100644
--- a/lib/assets/javascripts/err_supply-bootstrap.js
+++ b/lib/assets/javascripts/err_supply-bootstrap.js
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@ ErrSupply Twitter Bootstrap3 Adapter
 Copyright (c) 2014  Coroutine LLC
 Licensed under the MIT license
 */
-jQuery(function($) {
-  $("form").on("err_supply:loaded", function(event, errors) {
+(function() {
+  var errSupplyPlugin = function(event, errors) {
 		
 		// define how errors are applied to dom elements
 		var applyFn	 = function(error_hash) {
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ jQuery(function($) {
 						};
 					
 						// add class 
-						$field.addClass('error');
+						$field.addClass('error').closest('.input-group').addClass('has-error');
 					
 						// add popover
             $field.popover({
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ jQuery(function($) {
 		// find all contained elements with a style of error and remove the class.
 		// this is typically more important for ajax submissions. html submissions
 		// tend not to have this problem.
-		$form.find('.error').removeClass('error');
+		$form.find('.error').removeClass('error').closest('.input-group').removeClass('has-error');
 		
 		// hide all fields that have been explicitly destroyed. when an html submission
 		// has errors, the _destroy value renders as true rather than 1, which may or may not
@@ -82,8 +82,13 @@ jQuery(function($) {
 													$form.find('.error').filter(':first') :
 													$form.find(':not(.filter) :input:visible:enabled:first');
 		$focus_field.focus()
-		
-		// cancel event
-		return false;
-	});
-});
\ No newline at end of file
+	};
+
+  $.fn.err_supply = function() {
+    $(this).on("err_supply:loaded", errSupplyPlugin.bind(this));
+  }
+})()
+
+jQuery(function($) {
+  $("form").err_supply();
+});
diff --git a/lib/err_supply/view_helpers.rb b/lib/err_supply/view_helpers.rb
index 75e1daa..96275c2 100644
--- a/lib/err_supply/view_helpers.rb
+++ b/lib/err_supply/view_helpers.rb
@@ -5,11 +5,17 @@ module ViewHelpers
     # triggers a custom event on the associated form element.
     #
     def err_supply(obj, options={})
-      id      = obj.new_record? ? dom_id(obj) : dom_id(obj, :edit)
+      form_css_selector = options[:form_css_selector]
+
+      if form_css_selector.blank?
+        id = obj.new_record? ? dom_id(obj) : dom_id(obj, :edit)
+        form_css_selector = "##{id}"
+      end
+
       prefix  = obj.class.name.underscore.split('/').last
       payload = err_supply_hash(obj, options.merge({ :prefix => prefix }))
 
-      "$('##{ id }').trigger('err_supply:loaded', #{ payload.to_json });".html_safe
+      "$('#{ form_css_selector }').trigger('err_supply:loaded', #{ payload.to_json });".html_safe
     end
 
   end