diff --git a/src/core/findInputDefinitionSchema.ts b/src/core/findInputDefinitionSchema.ts
index 700556d7..181828f9 100644
--- a/src/core/findInputDefinitionSchema.ts
+++ b/src/core/findInputDefinitionSchema.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { A, NonEmptyArray, parse, pipe } from "@std";
+import { A, NonEmptyArray, ParsingFn, parse, pipe } from "@std";
 import * as E from "fp-ts/Either";
 import { ValiError, BaseSchema } from "valibot";
 import { FieldMinimal, FieldMinimalSchema, InputTypeToParserMap } from "./formDefinitionSchema";
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ function isValidInputType(input: unknown): input is AllFieldTypes {
  * @param fieldDefinition a field definition to find the input schema for
  * @returns a tuple of the basic field definition and the input schema
  */
-export function findInputDefinitionSchema(fieldDefinition: unknown): E.Either<InvalidFieldError | InvalidInputTypeError, [FieldMinimal, BaseSchema]> {
+export function findInputDefinitionSchema(fieldDefinition: unknown): E.Either<InvalidFieldError | InvalidInputTypeError, [FieldMinimal, ParsingFn<BaseSchema>]> {
     return pipe(
         parse(FieldMinimalSchema, fieldDefinition),
         E.mapLeft(InvalidFieldError.of(fieldDefinition)),
@@ -87,8 +87,8 @@ export function findFieldErrors(fields: unknown[]) {
         A.map((fieldUnparsed) => {
             return pipe(
                 findInputDefinitionSchema(fieldUnparsed),
-                E.chainW(([field, inputSchema]) => pipe(
-                    parse(inputSchema, field.input),
+                E.chainW(([field, parser]) => pipe(
+                    parser(field.input),
                     E.bimap(
                         (error) => new InvalidInputError(field, error),
                         () => field
diff --git a/src/core/formDefinitionSchema.ts b/src/core/formDefinitionSchema.ts
index b087bcf9..81e1ff8a 100644
--- a/src/core/formDefinitionSchema.ts
+++ b/src/core/formDefinitionSchema.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import * as E from "fp-ts/Either";
-import { pipe, parse } from "@std";
+import { pipe, parse, trySchemas, ParsingFn, parseC } from "@std";
 import { object, number, literal, type Output, is, array, string, union, optional, minLength, toTrimmed, merge, unknown, ValiError, BaseSchema, enumType, passthrough } from "valibot";
 import { AllFieldTypes, FormDefinition } from "./formDefinition";
 import { findFieldErrors } from "./findInputDefinitionSchema";
@@ -41,19 +41,19 @@ export const InputTypeSchema = union([
     InputSelectFixedSchema,
     MultiselectSchema
 ]);
-export const InputTypeToParserMap: Record<AllFieldTypes, BaseSchema> = {
-    number: InputBasicSchema,
-    text: InputBasicSchema,
-    date: InputBasicSchema,
-    time: InputBasicSchema,
-    datetime: InputBasicSchema,
-    textarea: InputBasicSchema,
-    toggle: InputBasicSchema,
-    note: InputNoteFromFolderSchema,
-    slider: InputSliderSchema,
-    select: SelectFromNotesSchema,
-    dataview: InputDataviewSourceSchema,
-    multiselect: MultiselectSchema,
+export const InputTypeToParserMap: Record<AllFieldTypes, ParsingFn<BaseSchema>> = {
+    number: parseC(InputBasicSchema),
+    text: parseC(InputBasicSchema),
+    date: parseC(InputBasicSchema),
+    time: parseC(InputBasicSchema),
+    datetime: parseC(InputBasicSchema),
+    textarea: parseC(InputBasicSchema),
+    toggle: parseC(InputBasicSchema),
+    note: parseC(InputNoteFromFolderSchema),
+    slider: parseC(InputSliderSchema),
+    select: trySchemas([SelectFromNotesSchema, InputSelectFixedSchema]),
+    dataview: parseC(InputDataviewSourceSchema),
+    multiselect: parseC(MultiselectSchema),
 };
 
 export const FieldDefinitionSchema = object({
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ export const FieldDefinitionSchema = object({
  */
 export const FieldMinimalSchema = passthrough(merge([
     FieldDefinitionSchema,
-    object({ input: object({ type: string() }) })
+    object({ input: passthrough(object({ type: string() })) })
 ]));
 
 export type FieldMinimal = Output<typeof FieldMinimalSchema>;
diff --git a/src/std/index.ts b/src/std/index.ts
index a243d211..50363fed 100644
--- a/src/std/index.ts
+++ b/src/std/index.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { pipe as p } from "fp-ts/function";
 import { partitionMap, partition, map as mapArr } from "fp-ts/Array";
-import { isLeft, isRight, tryCatchK, map, getOrElse, right, left, mapLeft, Either, bimap, reduce } from "fp-ts/Either";
+import { isLeft, isRight, tryCatchK, map, getOrElse, right, left, mapLeft, Either, bimap } from "fp-ts/Either";
 import { BaseSchema, Output, ValiError, parse as parseV } from "valibot";
 import { Semigroup, concatAll } from "fp-ts/Semigroup";
 import { NonEmptyArray } from "fp-ts/NonEmptyArray";
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ type ParseOpts = Parameters<typeof parse>[2]
 export function parseC<S extends BaseSchema>(schema: S, options?: ParseOpts) {
     return (input: unknown) => parse(schema, input, options)
 }
-type ParsingFn<S extends BaseSchema> = (input: unknown) => Either<ValiError, Output<S>>
+export type ParsingFn<S extends BaseSchema> = (input: unknown) => Either<ValiError, Output<S>>
 /**
  * Concatenates two parsing functions that return Either<ValiError, B> into one.
  * If the first function returns a Right, the second function is not called.