diff --git a/crates/html-macro/Cargo.toml b/crates/html-macro/Cargo.toml
index 7a7ede29..7f0126c8 100644
--- a/crates/html-macro/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/html-macro/Cargo.toml
@@ -15,4 +15,4 @@ proc-macro = true
 [dependencies]
 proc-macro2 = "0.4"
 quote = "0.6.11"
-syn = { version = "0.15", features = ["full", "extra-traits"] }
+syn = { version = "0.15", features = ["full", "extra-traits"] }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/crates/virtual-dom-rs/src/diff/mod.rs b/crates/virtual-dom-rs/src/diff/mod.rs
index 5174ca06..3d1cf13f 100644
--- a/crates/virtual-dom-rs/src/diff/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/virtual-dom-rs/src/diff/mod.rs
@@ -264,21 +264,6 @@ mod tests {
         .test();
     }
 
-    // https://github.com/chinedufn/percy/issues/62
-    #[test]
-    fn issue_62() {
-        DiffTestCase {
-            old: html! { <span> <br /> </span> },
-            new: html! { <span> a <br /> </span> },
-            expected: vec![
-                Patch::Replace(1, &VirtualNode::text("a")),
-                Patch::AppendChildren(0, vec![&VirtualNode::new("br")]),
-            ],
-            description: "Replace text node",
-        }
-        .test();
-    }
-
     //    // TODO: Key support
     //    #[test]
     //    fn reorder_chldren() {
diff --git a/crates/virtual-dom-rs/src/patch.rs b/crates/virtual-dom-rs/src/patch.rs
index 444353e7..d53f03fc 100644
--- a/crates/virtual-dom-rs/src/patch.rs
+++ b/crates/virtual-dom-rs/src/patch.rs
@@ -188,8 +188,13 @@ fn apply_element_patch(node: &Element, patch: &Patch) {
             }
         }
         Patch::Replace(_node_idx, new_node) => {
-            node.replace_with_with_node_1(&new_node.create_element())
-                .expect("Replaced element");
+            if new_node.is_text_node() {
+                node.replace_with_with_node_1(&new_node.create_text_node())
+                    .expect("Replaced with text node");
+            } else {
+                node.replace_with_with_node_1(&new_node.create_element())
+                    .expect("Replaced with element");
+            }
         }
         Patch::TruncateChildren(_node_idx, num_children_remaining) => {
             let children = node.child_nodes();
diff --git a/crates/virtual-dom-rs/tests/diff_patch.rs b/crates/virtual-dom-rs/tests/diff_patch.rs
index 87ee31f3..3e401cb8 100644
--- a/crates/virtual-dom-rs/tests/diff_patch.rs
+++ b/crates/virtual-dom-rs/tests/diff_patch.rs
@@ -92,7 +92,6 @@ fn text_node_siblings() {
     // @see virtual_node/mod.rs -> create_element() for more information
     let override_expected = Some(
         r#"<div id="after"><span>The button has been clicked: <!--ptns-->world</span></div>"#
-            .to_string(),
     );
 
     let old1 = VirtualNode::text("The button has been clicked: ");
@@ -155,13 +154,13 @@ fn replace_with_children() {
 }
 
 // https://github.com/chinedufn/percy/issues/62
-//#[wasm_bindgen_test]
-//fn issue_62() {
-//    DiffPatchTest {
-//        desc: "Fix issue #62",
-//        old: html! { <span> <br> </span> },
-//        new: html! { <span> a <br> </span> },
-//        override_expected: None,
-//    }
-//    .test();
-//}
+#[wasm_bindgen_test]
+fn replace_element_with_text_node() {
+    DiffPatchTest {
+        desc: "#62: Replace element with text node",
+        old: html! { <span> <br> </span> },
+        new: html! { <span> a </span> },
+        override_expected: None
+    }
+    .test();
+}
diff --git a/crates/virtual-dom-rs/tests/diff_patch_test_case/mod.rs b/crates/virtual-dom-rs/tests/diff_patch_test_case/mod.rs
index 7ddecf96..21b0477f 100644
--- a/crates/virtual-dom-rs/tests/diff_patch_test_case/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/virtual-dom-rs/tests/diff_patch_test_case/mod.rs
@@ -8,14 +8,14 @@ use std::collections::hash_map::DefaultHasher;
 use std::hash::{Hash, Hasher};
 
 /// A test case that both diffing and patching are working in a real browser
-pub struct DiffPatchTest {
+pub struct DiffPatchTest<'a> {
     pub desc: &'static str,
     pub old: VirtualNode,
     pub new: VirtualNode,
-    pub override_expected: Option<String>,
+    pub override_expected: Option<&'a str>,
 }
 
-impl DiffPatchTest {
+impl<'a> DiffPatchTest<'a> {
     pub fn test(&mut self) {
         console_error_panic_hook::set_once();
 
@@ -49,14 +49,19 @@ impl DiffPatchTest {
 
         virtual_dom_rs::patch(root_node, &patches);
 
-        let expected_new_root_node = match self.override_expected {
-            Some(ref expected) => expected.clone(),
-            None => self.new.to_string(),
-        };
+        let expected_new_root_node = self.new.to_string();
+        let mut expected_new_root_node = expected_new_root_node.as_str();
+
+        if let Some(ref expected) = self.override_expected {
+            expected_new_root_node = expected;
+        }
+
+        web_sys::console::log_1(&format!("NEW NODE {:#?}", patched_element.outer_html()).into());
+        web_sys::console::log_1(&format!("Outter HTML {:#?}", expected_new_root_node).into());
 
         assert_eq!(
-            patched_element.outer_html(),
-            expected_new_root_node,
+            &patched_element.outer_html(),
+            &expected_new_root_node,
             "{}",
             self.desc
         );
diff --git a/crates/virtual-node/src/lib.rs b/crates/virtual-node/src/lib.rs
index 59066376..092be31c 100644
--- a/crates/virtual-node/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/virtual-node/src/lib.rs
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 // Around in order to get rid of dependencies that we don't need in non wasm32 targets
 
 pub use std::cell::RefCell;
-use std::collections::HashMap;
+use std::collections::{HashSet,HashMap};
 use std::fmt;
 pub use std::rc::Rc;
 
@@ -28,12 +28,28 @@ use lazy_static::lazy_static;
 use std::ops::Deref;
 use std::sync::Mutex;
 
+
 // Used to uniquely identify elements that contain closures so that the DomUpdater can
 // look them up by their unique id.
 // When the DomUpdater sees that the element no longer exists it will drop all of it's
 // Rc'd Closures for those events.
 lazy_static! {
     static ref ELEM_UNIQUE_ID: Mutex<u32> = Mutex::new(0);
+
+    static ref SELF_CLOSING_TAGS: HashSet<&'static str> = {
+        let mut set = HashSet::new();
+
+        let mut self_closing = vec![
+            "area", "base", "br", "col", "hr", "img", "input", "link", "meta", "param", "command",
+            "keygen", "source",
+        ];
+
+        for tag in self_closing {
+            set.insert(tag);
+        }
+
+        set
+    };
 }
 
 /// When building your views you'll typically use the `html!` macro to generate
@@ -233,6 +249,11 @@ impl VirtualNode {
     pub fn is_text_node(&self) -> bool {
         self.text.is_some()
     }
+
+    /// Whether or not this is a self closing tag such as <br> or <img />
+    pub fn is_self_closing(&self) -> bool {
+        SELF_CLOSING_TAGS.contains(self.tag.as_str())
+    }
 }
 
 impl From<&str> for VirtualNode {
@@ -288,7 +309,12 @@ impl fmt::Display for VirtualNode {
             for child in self.children.as_ref().unwrap().iter() {
                 write!(f, "{}", child.to_string())?;
             }
-            write!(f, "</{}>", self.tag)
+
+            if !self.is_self_closing() {
+                write!(f, "</{}>", self.tag)?;
+            }
+
+            Ok(())
         }
     }
 }
@@ -320,6 +346,14 @@ impl fmt::Debug for Events {
 mod tests {
     use super::*;
 
+    #[test]
+    fn self_closing_tag_to_string() {
+        let node = VirtualNode::new("br");
+
+        // No </br> since self closing tag
+        assert_eq!(&node.to_string(), "<br>");
+    }
+
     // TODO: Use html_macro as dev dependency and uncomment
     //    #[test]
     //    fn to_string() {