diff --git a/www/common/convert.js b/www/common/convert.js
index d37e98539..b95591e93 100644
--- a/www/common/convert.js
+++ b/www/common/convert.js
@@ -1,14 +1,16 @@
 define([
+    '/common/virtual-dom.js',
     '/common/hyperjson.js',
     '/common/hyperscript.js'
-], function (hyperjson, hyperscript) {
+], function (vdom, hyperjson, hyperscript) {
     // complain if you don't find the required APIs
-    if (!(hyperjson && hyperscript)) { throw new Error(); }
-
+    if (!(vdom && hyperjson && hyperscript)) { throw new Error(); }
+    
     // Generate a matrix of conversions
     /*
         convert.dom.to.hjson, convert.hjson.to.dom,
         convert.dom.to.vdom, convert.vdom.to.dom,
+        convert.vdom.to.hjson, convert.hjson.to.vdom
 
         and of course, identify functions in case you try to
         convert a datatype to itself
@@ -20,16 +22,31 @@ define([
             methods = {
                 dom:{
                     dom: Self,
-                    hjson: hyperjson.fromDOM
+                    hjson: hyperjson.fromDOM,
+                    vdom: function (D) {
+                        return hyperjson.callOn(hyperjson.fromDOM(D), vdom.h);
+                    }
                 },
                 hjson:{
                     hjson: Self,
                     dom: function (H) {
                         // hyperjson.fromDOM,
                         return hyperjson.callOn(H, hyperscript);
+                    },
+                    vdom: function (H) {
+                        return hyperjson.callOn(H, vdom.h);
+                    }
+                },
+                vdom:{
+                    vdom: Self,
+                    dom: function (V) {
+                        return vdom.create(V);
+                    },
+                    hjson: function (V) {
+                        return hyperjson.fromDOM(vdom.create(V));
                     }
                 }
-            },
+            }, 
             convert = {};
         Object.keys(methods).forEach(function (method) {
             convert[method] = { to: methods[method] };
@@ -38,6 +55,7 @@ define([
     }());
 
     convert.core = {
+        vdom: vdom,
         hyperjson: hyperjson,
         hyperscript: hyperscript
     };
diff --git a/www/common/realtime-input.js b/www/common/realtime-input.js
index ecd19e015..db0b6126c 100644
--- a/www/common/realtime-input.js
+++ b/www/common/realtime-input.js
@@ -30,7 +30,11 @@ define([
 
     var debug = function (x) { console.log(x); },
         warn = function (x) { console.error(x); },
-        verbose = function (x) { console.log(x); };
+        verbose = function (x) {
+            if (window.verboseLogging) {
+                console.log(x);
+            }
+        };
     // verbose = function () {}; // comment out to enable verbose logging
 
     // ------------------ Trapping Keyboard Events ---------------------- //
diff --git a/www/input/main.js b/www/input/main.js
index 9be43e973..c61e312f2 100644
--- a/www/input/main.js
+++ b/www/input/main.js
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ define([
         websocketURL: Config.websocketURL,
         userName: Crypto.rand64(8),
         channel: key.channel,
-        key.cryptKey
+        cryptKey: key.cryptKey
     };
 
     var rttext = RTText.start(config);
diff --git a/www/text/main.js b/www/text/main.js
index 4c84064c7..db753e8a7 100644
--- a/www/text/main.js
+++ b/www/text/main.js
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ define([
     var $textarea = $('textarea');
 
     var config = {
+        textarea: $textarea[0],
         websocketURL: Config.websocketURL,
         userName: Crypto.rand64(8),
         channel: key.channel,