diff --git a/project.clj b/project.clj
index 511ab9a..10f06a3 100644
--- a/project.clj
+++ b/project.clj
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-(defproject reagent "0.5.1-rc2"
+(defproject reagent "0.5.1-SNAPSHOT"
   :url "http://github.com/reagent-project/reagent"
   :license {:name "MIT"}
   :description "A simple ClojureScript interface to React"
diff --git a/src/reagent/impl/template.cljs b/src/reagent/impl/template.cljs
index 261c3c3..1c8e606 100644
--- a/src/reagent/impl/template.cljs
+++ b/src/reagent/impl/template.cljs
@@ -106,7 +106,9 @@
                    node-value (.' node :value)]
                (when (not= value node-value)
                  (if-not (and (identical? node (.-activeElement js/document))
-                              (has-selection-api? (.' node :type)))
+                              (has-selection-api? (.' node :type))
+                              (string? value)
+                              (string? node-value))
                    ; just set the value, no need to worry about a cursor
                    (.! node :value value)