diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 96bc49b..acb4ec1 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 nimcache/
 /tests/tester
-/tools/karun
+karax/tools/karun
 *.code-workspace
 *.exe
diff --git a/karax.nimble b/karax.nimble
index bc49e03..743d85b 100644
--- a/karax.nimble
+++ b/karax.nimble
@@ -9,6 +9,6 @@ license       = "MIT"
 
 requires "nim >= 0.16.1"
 
-skipDirs = @["examples", "experiments"]
+skipDirs = @["examples", "experiments", "tests"]
 
-bin = @["tools/karun"]
+bin = @["karax/tools/karun"]
diff --git a/karax/kajax.nim b/karax/kajax.nim
index 800d315..80184d1 100644
--- a/karax/kajax.nim
+++ b/karax/kajax.nim
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ proc ajax*(meth, url: cstring; headers: openarray[(cstring, cstring)];
       if this.status == 200:
         contWrapper(this.status, this.responseText)
       else:
-        contWrapper(this.status, this.statusText)
+        contWrapper(this.status, this.responseText)
   if useBinary:
     ajax.send(blob)
   else:
diff --git a/karax/karax.nim b/karax/karax.nim
index 19a7dfb..e353597 100644
--- a/karax/karax.nim
+++ b/karax/karax.nim
@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@ import kdom, vdom, jstrutils, compact, jdict, vstyles
 
 export kdom.Event, kdom.Blob
 
+when defined(nimNoNil):
+  {.experimental: "notnil".}
+
 proc kout*[T](x: T) {.importc: "console.log", varargs, deprecated.}
   ## the preferred way of debugging karax applications. Now deprecated,
   ## you can now use ``system.echo`` instead.
@@ -135,6 +138,11 @@ proc vnodeToDom*(n: VNode; kxi: KaraxInstance): Node =
   if n.kind == VNodeKind.text:
     result = document.createTextNode(n.text)
     attach n
+  elif n.kind == VNodeKind.verbatim:
+    result = document.createElement("div")
+    result.innerHTML = n.text
+    attach n
+    return result
   elif n.kind == VNodeKind.vthunk:
     let x = callThunk(vcomponents[n.text], n)
     result = vnodeToDom(x, kxi)
@@ -183,14 +191,17 @@ proc same(n: VNode, e: Node; nesting = 0): bool =
   if kxi.orphans.contains(n.id): return true
   if n.kind == VNodeKind.component:
     result = same(VComponent(n).expanded, e, nesting+1)
+  elif n.kind == VNodeKind.verbatim:
+    result = true
   elif n.kind == VNodeKind.vthunk or n.kind == VNodeKind.dthunk:
     # we don't check these for now:
     result = true
   elif toTag[n.kind] == e.nodename:
     result = true
     if n.kind != VNodeKind.text:
-      if e.len != n.len:
-        echo "expected ", e.len, " real ", n.len, toTag[n.kind], " nesting ", nesting
+      # BUGFIX: Microsoft's Edge gives the textarea a child containing the text node!
+      if e.len != n.len and n.kind != VNodeKind.textarea:
+        echo "expected ", n.len, " real ", e.len, " ", toTag[n.kind], " nesting ", nesting
         return false
       for i in 0 ..< n.len:
         if not same(n[i], e[i], nesting+1): return false
@@ -239,6 +250,9 @@ proc eq(a, b: VNode): EqResult =
     if a.len != b.len: return different
     for i in 0..<a.len:
       if eq(a[i], b[i]) == different: return different
+  elif a.kind == VNodeKind.verbatim:
+    if a.text != b.text:
+      return different
   elif b.kind == VNodeKind.component:
     # different component names mean different components:
     if a.text != b.text:
@@ -632,6 +646,11 @@ proc setRenderer*(renderer: proc (data: RouterData): VNode,
                     proc (data: RouterData) = nil): KaraxInstance {.
                     discardable.} =
   ## Setup Karax. Usually the return value can be ignored.
+  if document.getElementById(root).isNil:
+    let msg = "Could not find a <div> with id=" & root &
+              ". Karax needs it as its rendering target."
+    raise newException(Exception, $msg)
+
   result = KaraxInstance(rootId: root, renderer: renderer,
                          postRenderCallback: clientPostRenderCallback,
                          patches: newSeq[Patch](60),
diff --git a/tools/karun.nim b/karax/tools/karun.nim
similarity index 97%
rename from tools/karun.nim
rename to karax/tools/karun.nim
index 92ec3d4..5501879 100644
--- a/tools/karun.nim
+++ b/karax/tools/karun.nim
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ proc main =
         rest = rest.replace("--run ")
       of "css":
         selectedCss = css
+        rest = rest.replace("--css ")
       else: discard
     of cmdShortOption:
       if op.key == "r":
diff --git a/karax/vdom.nim b/karax/vdom.nim
index 314b3ba..80f9389 100644
--- a/karax/vdom.nim
+++ b/karax/vdom.nim
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ type
   VNodeKind* {.pure.} = enum
     text = "#text", int = "#int", bool = "#bool",
     vthunk = "#vthunk", dthunk = "#dthunk",
-    component = "#component",
+    component = "#component", verbatim="#verbatim",
 
     html, head, title, base, link, meta, style,
     script, noscript,
@@ -267,6 +267,13 @@ when defined(js):
   proc text*(s: string): VNode = VNode(kind: VNodeKind.text, text: kstring(s), index: -1)
 proc text*(s: kstring): VNode = VNode(kind: VNodeKind.text, text: s, index: -1)
 
+when defined(js):
+  proc verbatim*(s: string): VNode =
+    VNode(kind: VNodeKind.verbatim, text: kstring(s), index: -1)
+proc verbatim*(s: kstring): VNode =
+  VNode(kind: VNodeKind.verbatim, text: s, index: -1)
+
+
 iterator items*(n: VNode): VNode =
   for i in 0..<n.kids.len: yield n.kids[i]
 
diff --git a/readme.rst b/readme.rst
index 3fac7ad..2a34365 100644
--- a/readme.rst
+++ b/readme.rst
@@ -7,7 +7,11 @@ to change.
 
 To try it out, run::
 
-  nimble install # For first time
+  cd ~/projects # Insert your favourite directory for projects
+
+  nimble develop karax # This will clone Karax and create a link to it in ~/.nimble
+
+  cd karax
 
   cd examples/todoapp
   nim js todoapp.nim