diff --git a/src/js/simplemde.js b/src/js/simplemde.js
index 16d0930..0d76ea7 100644
--- a/src/js/simplemde.js
+++ b/src/js/simplemde.js
@@ -740,6 +740,9 @@ function toggleSideBySide(editor) {
 	} else {
 		cm.off("update", cm.sideBySideRenderingFunction);
 	}
+
+	// Refresh to fix selection being off (#309)
+	cm.refresh();
 }
 
 
@@ -2015,4 +2018,4 @@ SimpleMDE.prototype.toTextArea = function() {
 	}
 };
 
-module.exports = SimpleMDE;
+module.exports = SimpleMDE;
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