diff --git a/factory.js b/factory.js
index aa92aa5..004692f 100644
--- a/factory.js
+++ b/factory.js
@@ -238,7 +238,12 @@ export function replace_content(target, template) {
 			}
 			if (t instanceof Element) {
 				//DOM elements get passed through untouched, and removed from the template.
-				if (was[i] !== null) pristine = false;
+				//TODO: This previously only set pristine to false when was[i] wasn't null,
+				//allowing reuse of DOM elements to be more efficient. This however causes
+				//*replacement* of DOM elements to be ignored, which is a critical failure.
+				//It would be nice to reinstate the efficiency when reusing, without losing
+				//the correctness when replacing.
+				pristine = false;
 				now[i] = null;
 				++nodes;
 				return t;
@@ -356,7 +361,7 @@ function autobind(obj, prop) {
 choc = new Proxy(choc, {get: autobind});
 lindt = new Proxy(lindt, {get: autobind});
 
-choc.__version__ = "1.8.1";
+choc.__version__ = "1.8.2";
 
 //For modules, make the main entry-point easily available.
 export default choc;
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index b475d37..70a8102 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
 	"name": "chocfactory",
-	"version": "1.8.1",
+	"version": "1.8.2",
 	"description": "Simple JS front end library",
 	"main": "factory.js",
 	"scripts": {
diff --git a/whatsnew.md b/whatsnew.md
index dc1fb67..91f8e7f 100644
--- a/whatsnew.md
+++ b/whatsnew.md
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 ## Chocolate Factory version history
 
+### v1.8.2
+* Bugfix use of DOM elements inside replace_content (can happen when mixing lindt
+  and choc). Previously it was possible for some such usage to result in elements
+  not being replaced when they should be.
+
 ### v1.8.1
 * Bugfix importers not recognizing "import * as name from ..." syntax