diff --git a/core/string_util.js b/core/string_util.js
index 0a70d680..6fb8f7a7 100644
--- a/core/string_util.js
+++ b/core/string_util.js
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ exports.pad					= pad;
 exports.replaceAt			= replaceAt;
 exports.isPrintable			= isPrintable;
 exports.debugEscapedString	= debugEscapedString;
+exports.format				= format;
 
 //	:TODO: create Unicode verison of this
 var VOWELS = [ 'a', 'e', 'i', 'o', 'u' ];
@@ -174,4 +175,19 @@ function stringLength(s) {
 
 function debugEscapedString(s) {
 	return JSON.stringify(s).slice(1, -1);
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
+
+function format(fmt) {
+    if (!arguments.length) {
+        return fmt;
+    }
+    
+    var args = typeof arguments[1];
+    args = (("string" === args || "number" === args) ? arguments : arguments[1]);
+    
+    for(var arg in args) {
+        fmt = fmt.replace(RegExp("\\{" + arg + "\\}", "gi"), args[arg]);
+    }
+    
+    return fmt;
+}
diff --git a/mods/last_callers.js b/mods/last_callers.js
index 5daa62eb..c6f99b16 100644
--- a/mods/last_callers.js
+++ b/mods/last_callers.js
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ function LastCallersModule(options) {
 
 	this.rows			= 10;
 	
-	if(this.menuConfig.config) {
+	if(_.isObject(this.menuConfig.config)) {
 		if(_.isNumber(this.menuConfig.config.rows)) {
 			this.rows = Math.max(1, this.menuConfig.config.rows);
 		}
diff --git a/mods/menu.json b/mods/menu.json
index 90176865..1c1ad3ad 100644
--- a/mods/menu.json
+++ b/mods/menu.json
@@ -287,8 +287,17 @@
 						"mci" : {
 							"LV1" : {
 								"widht"		: 30,
-								"height"	: 10
+								"height"	: 10,
+								"focus"		: true
 							}
+						},
+						"submit" : {
+							"*" : [
+								{
+									"value"		: null,
+									"action"	: "@method:changeArea"
+								}
+							]
 						}
 					}
 				}
diff --git a/mods/msg_area_list.js b/mods/msg_area_list.js
index 01f11ec4..cdf5dfd0 100644
--- a/mods/msg_area_list.js
+++ b/mods/msg_area_list.js
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 var MenuModule			= require('../core/menu_module.js').MenuModule;
 var ViewController		= require('../core/view_controller.js').ViewController;
 var messageArea			= require('../core/message_area.js');
+var strUtil				= require('../core/string_util.js');
 //var msgDb				= require('./database.js').dbs.message;
 
 var async				= require('async');
@@ -23,6 +24,20 @@ function MessageAreaListModule(options) {
 
 	var self = this;
 
+	if(_.isObject(this.menuConfig.config)) {
+		if(_.isString(this.menuConfig.config.entryFormat)) {
+			this.entryFormat = this.menuConfig.config.entryFormat;
+		}
+	}
+
+	this.entryFormat = this.entryFormat || '( {areaId} ) - {name}';
+
+	this.menuMethods = {
+		changeArea : function(formData, extraArgs) {
+			console.log(formData)
+		}
+	};
+
 }
 
 require('util').inherits(MessageAreaListModule, MenuModule);
@@ -62,8 +77,7 @@ MessageAreaListModule.prototype.mciReady = function(mciData, cb) {
 
 				var areaList = [];
 				messageAreas.forEach(function entry(msgArea) {
-					//	:TODO: make this formattable/themable
-					areaList.push(msgArea.areaId + ' - ' + msgArea.name);
+					areaList.push(strUtil.format(self.entryFormat, msgArea));
 				});
 
 				console.log(areaList)