diff --git a/core/modules/utils/fakedom.js b/core/modules/utils/fakedom.js
index 764ac84f8e..18e0afc881 100755
--- a/core/modules/utils/fakedom.js
+++ b/core/modules/utils/fakedom.js
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ Object.defineProperty(TW_Node.prototype, 'TEXT_NODE', {
 var TW_TextNode = function(text) {
 	bumpSequenceNumber(this);
 	this.textContent = text + "";
+	this.children = [];
 };
 
 Object.setPrototypeOf(TW_TextNode.prototype,TW_Node.prototype);
diff --git a/editions/tw5.com/tiddlers/releasenotes/5.4.0/#8093.tid b/editions/tw5.com/tiddlers/releasenotes/5.4.0/#8093.tid
index dc967b0135..1e8da34492 100644
--- a/editions/tw5.com/tiddlers/releasenotes/5.4.0/#8093.tid
+++ b/editions/tw5.com/tiddlers/releasenotes/5.4.0/#8093.tid
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ release: 5.4.0
 tags: $:/tags/ChangeNote
 change-type: bugfix
 change-category: widget
-github-links: https://github.com/TiddlyWiki/TiddlyWiki5/issues/8093
-github-contributors: buggyj
+github-links: https://github.com/TiddlyWiki/TiddlyWiki5/issues/8093 https://github.com/TiddlyWiki/TiddlyWiki5/pull/9616
+github-contributors: buggyj saqimtiaz
 
 Fixed SelectWidget does not work with multiple options organised into group.