diff --git a/src/static/js/ace2_inner.js b/src/static/js/ace2_inner.js
index 713f30fa3..f65b21484 100644
--- a/src/static/js/ace2_inner.js
+++ b/src/static/js/ace2_inner.js
@@ -1668,7 +1668,7 @@ function Ace2Inner(){
     {
       //var id = n.uniqueId();
       // parent of n may not be "root" in IE due to non-tree-shaped DOM (wtf)
-      n.parentNode.removeChild(n);
+      if(n.parentNode) n.parentNode.removeChild(n);
 
       //dmesg(htmlPrettyEscape(htmlForRemovedChild(n)));
       //console.log("removed: "+id);
@@ -2334,7 +2334,10 @@ function Ace2Inner(){
         return false; // If we're at the end of a line we treat it as having no formatting
       }
       if(rep.selStart[1] == 0 && rep.selEnd[1] == 0){ 
-        return false; // If we're at the start of a line attributes get confused..
+        rep.selEnd[1] == 1;
+      }
+      if(rep.selEnd[1] == -1){
+        rep.selEnd[1] = 1; // sometimes rep.selEnd is -1, not sure why..  When it is we should look at the first char
       }
       if (n == selStartLine)
       {
@@ -3952,6 +3955,7 @@ function Ace2Inner(){
     selection.focusAtStart = !! rep.selFocusAtStart;
     setSelection(selection);
   }
+  editorInfo.ace_updateBrowserSelectionFromRep = updateBrowserSelectionFromRep;
 
   function nodeMaxIndex(nd)
   {