diff --git a/plugins/styles/accordion/panopoly_accordion.inc b/plugins/styles/accordion/panopoly_accordion.inc
index 63123b8..b52bb44 100644
--- a/plugins/styles/accordion/panopoly_accordion.inc
+++ b/plugins/styles/accordion/panopoly_accordion.inc
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ function theme_panopoly_theme_panopoly_accordion_style_render_region($vars) {
     'accordion' => array($region_id  => array('options' => array('header' => 'h4.accordion-title')))
   );
   $settings_js['accordion'][$region_id]['options'] += $settings;
-  $settings_js['accordion'][$region_id]['options']['active'] = isset($settings_js['accordion'][$region_id]['options']['active']) ? (int)$settings_js['accordion'][$region_id]['options']['active'] : 0;
+  $settings_js['accordion'][$region_id]['options']['active'] = !empty($settings_js['accordion'][$region_id]['options']['active']) ? (int)$settings_js['accordion'][$region_id]['options']['active'] : false;
   drupal_add_js($settings_js, 'setting');
   return $output;
 }
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ function panopoly_theme_panopoly_accordion_style_settings_form($style_settings)
   $form['active'] = array(
     '#type' => 'textfield',
     '#title' => t('Set active'),
-    '#description' => t('Set to -1 if you want no pane active'),
+    '#description' => t('0 to have first pane active, 1 for second, etc; leave blank for no pane active.'),
     '#default_value' => (isset($style_settings['active'])) ? $style_settings['active'] : 0,
   );
   $form['autoHeight'] = array(