diff --git a/.size-snapshot.json b/.size-snapshot.json
index 7baaabc..1ca4301 100644
--- a/.size-snapshot.json
+++ b/.size-snapshot.json
@@ -1,25 +1,25 @@
 {
   "dist/index.umd.js": {
-    "bundled": 15914,
-    "minified": 6880,
-    "gzipped": 2594
+    "bundled": 15915,
+    "minified": 6891,
+    "gzipped": 2591
   },
   "dist/index.umd.min.js": {
-    "bundled": 15914,
-    "minified": 6880,
-    "gzipped": 2594
+    "bundled": 15915,
+    "minified": 6891,
+    "gzipped": 2591
   },
   "dist/index.esm.js": {
-    "bundled": 14601,
-    "minified": 7845,
-    "gzipped": 2641,
+    "bundled": 14602,
+    "minified": 7856,
+    "gzipped": 2636,
     "treeshaked": {
       "rollup": {
-        "code": 6566,
+        "code": 6577,
         "import_statements": 63
       },
       "webpack": {
-        "code": 7644
+        "code": 7655
       }
     }
   }
diff --git a/lib/cjs/react-sane-contenteditable.js b/lib/cjs/react-sane-contenteditable.js
index 79df954..895199c 100644
--- a/lib/cjs/react-sane-contenteditable.js
+++ b/lib/cjs/react-sane-contenteditable.js
@@ -197,7 +197,6 @@ function (_Component) {
       value: _this.sanitiseValue(props.content, props)
     };
     _this.ref = null;
-    _this.selection = document.getSelection();
     return _this;
   }
 
@@ -205,6 +204,7 @@ function (_Component) {
     key: "componentDidMount",
     value: function componentDidMount() {
       var focus = this.props.focus;
+      this.selection = document.getSelection();
 
       if (focus && this.ref) {
         this.setCaretPosition();
diff --git a/lib/esm/react-sane-contenteditable.js b/lib/esm/react-sane-contenteditable.js
index 5e69a85..7f9a809 100644
--- a/lib/esm/react-sane-contenteditable.js
+++ b/lib/esm/react-sane-contenteditable.js
@@ -164,7 +164,6 @@ function (_Component) {
       value: _this.sanitiseValue(props.content, props)
     };
     _this.ref = null;
-    _this.selection = document.getSelection();
     return _this;
   }
 
@@ -172,6 +171,7 @@ function (_Component) {
     key: "componentDidMount",
     value: function componentDidMount() {
       var focus = this.props.focus;
+      this.selection = document.getSelection();
 
       if (focus && this.ref) {
         this.setCaretPosition();
diff --git a/src/react-sane-contenteditable.js b/src/react-sane-contenteditable.js
index e9fa892..ba37711 100644
--- a/src/react-sane-contenteditable.js
+++ b/src/react-sane-contenteditable.js
@@ -53,12 +53,13 @@ class ContentEditable extends Component {
     };
 
     this.ref = null;
-    this.selection = document.getSelection();
   }
 
   componentDidMount() {
     const { focus } = this.props;
 
+    this.selection = document.getSelection();
+
     if (focus && this.ref) {
       this.setCaretPosition();
       this.ref.focus();