diff --git a/crates/sauron-core/src/dom/program.rs b/crates/sauron-core/src/dom/program.rs
index 30ec7996c..89185f5a5 100644
--- a/crates/sauron-core/src/dom/program.rs
+++ b/crates/sauron-core/src/dom/program.rs
@@ -249,11 +249,10 @@ where
     /// clone the app
     pub fn app_clone(&self) -> APP {
         /*
+        //TODO: This doesn't work all the time, maybe use Arc::RwLock as a replacement to
+        //Rc::RefCell
         unsafe{
-            log::debug!("size APP: {}", std::mem::size_of::<APP>());
-            let borrowed_app = self.app_context.app.borrow();
-            log::debug!("size of borrowed_app: {}", std::mem::size_of_val(&*borrowed_app));
-            let app: APP = std::mem::transmute_copy(&*borrowed_app);
+            let app: APP = std::mem::transmute_copy(&*self.app_context.app.borrow());
             app
         }
         */
@@ -551,6 +550,8 @@ where
             let patches = treepath.into_iter().flat_map(|path|{
                 let new_node = path.find_node_by_path(new_vdom).expect("new_node");
                 let old_node = path.find_node_by_path(&current_vdom).expect("old_node");
+                log::debug!("new_node: {new_node:#?}");
+                log::debug!("old_node: {old_node:#?}");
                 diff_recursive(
                     &old_node,
                     &new_node,
@@ -704,7 +705,10 @@ where
         }
 
 
-        let treepath = self.app().pre_eval(&old_app).map(|eval|Eval::traverse(&eval));
+        let treepath = self.app().pre_eval(&old_app).map(|eval|{
+                log::debug!("eval: {eval:#?}");
+                Eval::traverse(&eval)
+           });
 
         let cmd = self.app_context.batch_pending_cmds();
 
diff --git a/crates/sauron-core/src/html.rs b/crates/sauron-core/src/html.rs
index a0dffbe19..88dced08d 100644
--- a/crates/sauron-core/src/html.rs
+++ b/crates/sauron-core/src/html.rs
@@ -79,7 +79,9 @@ pub fn html_element<MSG>(
     let mut corrected_children: Vec<Node<MSG>> = vec![];
     for child in children {
         if let Some(last) = corrected_children.last() {
-            if last.is_text() {
+            //TODO: put this behind a flag: #auto-separator to automatically
+            //add separator between text nodes
+            if last.is_text() && child.is_text(){
                 corrected_children.push(comment("separator"));
             }
         }
diff --git a/examples/interactive/src/app.rs b/examples/interactive/src/app.rs
index b16cbfadb..58f42cb10 100644
--- a/examples/interactive/src/app.rs
+++ b/examples/interactive/src/app.rs
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ impl Application<Msg> for App {
         match msg {
             Msg::Click => {
                 self.click_count += 1;
+                log::info!("click count: {}", self.click_count);
             }
             Msg::DoubleClick => {
                 self.double_clicks += 1;
@@ -78,6 +79,47 @@ impl Application<Msg> for App {
         Cmd::none()
     }
 
+    fn pre_eval(&self, old: &Self) -> Option<Vec<Eval>> {
+        Some(vec![
+            eval(false,
+                [
+                    eval(false, [eval(true, [])]),
+                    eval(false,
+                        [
+                            eval(false, []),
+                            eval(false, []),
+                            eval(false, []),
+                            eval(false,
+                                [eval(self.double_clicks != old.double_clicks, [])],
+                            ),
+                        ],
+                    ),
+                    eval(false,
+                        [
+                            eval(self.name != old.name, []),
+                            eval(false, []), // separator for in between text here
+                            eval(self.click_count != old.click_count, [])
+                        ],
+                    ),
+                    eval(false,
+                        [
+                            eval(false, []),
+                            eval(false, []),
+                            eval(false, [eval(self.biography != old.biography, [])]),
+                        ],
+                    ),
+                    eval(false,
+                        [
+                            eval(false, []),
+                            eval(false, []),
+                            eval(self.thought != old.thought, []),
+                        ],
+                    ),
+                ],
+            )]
+       )
+    }
+
     fn view(&self) -> Node<Msg> {
         let date_str: String = self
             .date
@@ -126,7 +168,7 @@ impl Application<Msg> for App {
                                 if self.click_count > 1 { "s" } else { "" }
                             )
                         } else {
-                            span([], [])
+                            text("here..")
                         },
                     ],
                 ),