diff --git a/options.php b/options.php
index 91b210a..1699aaf 100644
--- a/options.php
+++ b/options.php
@@ -19,6 +19,29 @@ class ComicPressOptionsAdmin {
     }
     return $root_categories;
   }
+
+  function create_category_options($categories, $selected_id) {
+    $output = array();
+    if (is_array($categories)) {
+      $final_categories = array();
+      foreach ($categories as $category) {
+        if (is_numeric($category)) {
+          $result = get_category($category);
+          if (!is_a($result, "WP_Error")) {
+            $final_categories[] = $result;
+          }
+        }
+        if (is_object($category)) {
+          $final_categories[] = $category;
+        }
+      }
+
+      foreach ($final_categories as $category) {
+        $output[] = '<option value="' . $category->term_id . '"' . ($category->term_id == $selected_id ? ' selected="selected"' : '') . '>' . $category->name . '</option>';
+      }
+    }
+    return implode("\n", $output);
+  }
 }
 
 $comicpress_options_admin = new ComicPressOptionsAdmin();
diff --git a/test/OptionsPageTest.php b/test/OptionsPageTest.php
index e6fafef..76e1eb6 100644
--- a/test/OptionsPageTest.php
+++ b/test/OptionsPageTest.php
@@ -19,7 +19,8 @@ class OptionsPageTest extends PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase {
 
     $this->assertTrue(($xml = _to_xml($source)) !== false);
     foreach (array(
-      '//input[@name="cp[_nonce]" and @value="' . $nonce . '"]' => true
+      '//input[@name="cp[_nonce]" and @value="' . $nonce . '"]' => true,
+      '//select[@name="cp[comiccat]"]' => true
     ) as $xpath => $value) {
       $this->assertTrue(_xpath_test($xml, $xpath, $value), $xpath);
     }
@@ -53,6 +54,29 @@ class OptionsPageTest extends PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase {
     
     $this->assertEquals($expected_result, $result_ids);
   }
+
+  function testCreateCategoryOptions() {
+    add_category(1, (object)array('name' => 'test-one'));
+    add_category(2, (object)array('name' => 'test-two'));
+    
+    foreach(array(
+      array(1,2),
+      array(get_category(1), get_category(2))
+    ) as $category_test) {
+      $source = $this->admin->create_category_options($category_test, 1);
+      
+      $this->assertTrue(($xml = _to_xml($source, true)) !== false);
+      
+      var_dump($source);
+      
+      foreach (array(
+        '//option[@value="1" and @selected="selected"]' => "test-one",
+        '//option[@value="2"]' => "test-two",        
+      ) as $xpath => $value) {
+        $this->assertTrue(_xpath_test($xml, $xpath, $value), $xpath);
+      }
+    }
+  }
 }
 
 ?>