diff --git a/tailbone/views/purchasing/receiving.py b/tailbone/views/purchasing/receiving.py
index bca9ef64..3f49bf9a 100644
--- a/tailbone/views/purchasing/receiving.py
+++ b/tailbone/views/purchasing/receiving.py
@@ -332,13 +332,16 @@ class ReceivingBatchView(PurchasingBatchView):
             use_dropdown = vendor_handler.choice_uses_dropdown()
             if use_dropdown:
                 vendors = self.Session.query(model.Vendor)\
-                                      .order_by(model.Vendor.id)
+                                      .order_by(model.Vendor.id)\
+                                      .all()
                 vendor_values = [(vendor.uuid, "({}) {}".format(vendor.id, vendor.name))
                                  for vendor in vendors]
                 if use_buefy:
                     form.set_widget('vendor', dfwidget.SelectWidget(values=vendor_values))
                 else:
                     form.set_widget('vendor', forms.widgets.JQuerySelectWidget(values=vendor_values))
+                if len(vendors) == 1:
+                    form.set_default('vendor', vendors[0].uuid)
             else:
                 vendor_display = ""
                 if self.request.method == 'POST':