diff --git a/app/controllers/customers_controller.rb b/app/controllers/customers_controller.rb
index cd113ec..b84115e 100644
--- a/app/controllers/customers_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/customers_controller.rb
@@ -32,18 +32,7 @@ class CustomersController < ApplicationController
   
   default_search_scope :names
   
-  def auto_complete
-    @customers = []
-    q = (params[:q] || params[:term]).to_s.strip
-    if q.present?
-      if q.match(/\A#?(\d+)\z/)
-        @customers << Customer.find_by_id($1.to_i)
-      end
-      @customers += Customer.where("LOWER(#{Customer.table_name}.name) LIKE LOWER(?)", "%#{q}%").order("#{Customer.table_name}.id DESC").limit(10).to_a
-      @customers.compact!
-    end
-    render :layout => false
-  end
+  autocomplete :customer, :name
   
   # display a list of all customers
   def index