diff --git a/inst/essais/on_rename.R b/inst/essais/on_rename.R
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6dbe66f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/inst/essais/on_rename.R
@@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
+library(jsTreeR)
+library(shiny)
+library(jsonlite)
+
+nodes <- list(
+  list(
+    text = "Branch 1",
+    state = list(
+      opened = TRUE,
+      disabled = FALSE,
+      selected = FALSE,
+      undetermined = TRUE
+    ),
+    type = "parent",
+    children = list(
+      list(
+        text = "Leaf A",
+        state = list(
+          opened = TRUE,
+          disabled = FALSE,
+          selected = FALSE,
+          checked = FALSE,
+          undetermined = FALSE
+        ),
+        type = "child"
+      ),
+      list(
+        text = "Leaf B",
+        state = list(
+          opened = TRUE,
+          disabled = FALSE,
+          selected = FALSE,
+          checked = FALSE,
+          undetermined = FALSE
+        ),
+        type = "child"
+      ),
+      list(
+        text = "Leaf C",
+        state = list(
+          opened = TRUE,
+          disabled = FALSE,
+          selected = FALSE,
+          checked = TRUE,
+          undetermined = FALSE
+        ),
+        type = "child"
+      ),
+      list(
+        text = "Leaf D",
+        state = list(
+          opened = TRUE,
+          disabled = FALSE,
+          selected = FALSE,
+          checked = TRUE,
+          undetermined = FALSE
+        ),
+        type = "child"
+      )
+    )
+  ),
+  list(
+    text = "Branch 2",
+    type = "parent",
+    state = list(
+      opened = TRUE,
+      disabled = FALSE,
+      selected = FALSE,
+      checked = TRUE,
+      undetermined = FALSE
+    )
+  )
+)
+
+ui <- fluidPage(jstreeOutput("mytree"),  verbatimTextOutput("mytree_full"))
+
+server <- function(input, output, session) {
+  output[["mytree"]] <- renderJstree({
+    jstree(nodes, contextMenu = TRUE, checkboxes = TRUE, checkWithText = FALSE)
+  })
+
+  output$mytree_full <-  renderPrint({toJSON(input$mytree_full, pretty = TRUE)})
+}
+
+
+
+shinyApp(ui, server)
diff --git a/inst/htmlwidgets/jstreer.js b/inst/htmlwidgets/jstreer.js
index 33469bd..3f2a152 100644
--- a/inst/htmlwidgets/jstreer.js
+++ b/inst/htmlwidgets/jstreer.js
@@ -402,7 +402,7 @@ HTMLWidgets.widget({
         $el.on("rename_node.jstree", function(e, data) {
           if(inShiny) {
             var instance = data.instance;
-            var parentPath = instance.get_path(data.node.parent);
+            var parentPath = instance.get_path(data.node.parent) || [];
             var oldPath = parentPath.concat(data.old);
             var newPath = parentPath.concat(data.text);
             Shiny.setInputValue("jsTreeRenamed:jsTreeR.move", {