diff --git a/jquery.customSelect.js b/jquery.customSelect.js
index ce57c28..b08d984 100644
--- a/jquery.customSelect.js
+++ b/jquery.customSelect.js
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
             changed = function ($select,customSelectSpan) {
                 var currentSelected = $select.find(':selected'),
                 customSelectSpanInner = customSelectSpan.children(':first'),
-                html = currentSelected.html() || ' ';
+                html = currentSelected.val() || currentSelected.html() || ' ';
 
                 customSelectSpanInner.html(html);