diff --git a/jquery.autocomplete.js b/jquery.autocomplete.js
index 497a80a..b398805 100644
--- a/jquery.autocomplete.js
+++ b/jquery.autocomplete.js
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ $.Autocompleter = function(input, options) {
 					}
 					progress += seperator;
 				});
-				words[wordAt] = v;
+				words[words.length-1] = v; 
 				// TODO this should set the cursor to the right position, but it gets overriden somewhere
 				//$.Autocompleter.Selection(input, progress + seperator, progress + seperator);
 				v = words.join( options.multipleSeparator );