diff --git a/Examples/TextBind/index.html b/Examples/TextBind/index.html
index 24432ad1..e97b932e 100644
--- a/Examples/TextBind/index.html
+++ b/Examples/TextBind/index.html
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
   <script src="./index.js"></script>
 </head>
 <body>
-<h1 contentEditable> yjs Tutorial</h1>
+<h1 id="contenteditable" contentEditable> yjs Tutorial</h1>
 <p> Collaborative Json editing with <a href="https://github.com/rwth-acis/yjs/">yjs</a>
 and XMPP Connector. </p>
 
diff --git a/Examples/TextBind/index.js b/Examples/TextBind/index.js
index f755f008..6d5da99a 100644
--- a/Examples/TextBind/index.js
+++ b/Examples/TextBind/index.js
@@ -12,12 +12,14 @@ Y({
   window.y = yconfig.root;
   window.yconfig = yconfig;
   var textarea = document.getElementById("textfield");
+  var contenteditable = document.getElementById("contenteditable");
   yconfig.root.observe(function(events){
     for (var e in events) {
       var event = events[e];
       if (event.name === "text" && (event.type === "add" || event.type === "update")) {
         event.object.get(event.name).then(function(text){ //eslint-disable-line
           text.bind(textarea);
+          text.bind(contenteditable);
           window.ytext = text;
         });
       }
diff --git a/src/Types/TextBind.js b/src/Types/TextBind.js
index 884d904e..73ffae5e 100644
--- a/src/Types/TextBind.js
+++ b/src/Types/TextBind.js
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@
           };
 
           writeRange = function (range) {
-            writeContent(word.val());
+            writeContent(word.toString());
             var textnode = textfield.childNodes[0];
             if(range.isReal && textnode != null) {
               if(range.left < 0){
