diff --git a/nodes/core/logic/15-change.html b/nodes/core/logic/15-change.html
index 4e56a1f2f..4d5f5aa5d 100644
--- a/nodes/core/logic/15-change.html
+++ b/nodes/core/logic/15-change.html
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@
                     $("#node-from-row").hide();
                     $("#node-to-row").show();
                     $("#node-reg-row").hide();
-                    $("#node-tip").html("Tip: expects a new property name and either a fixed value OR the full name of another msg.property eg: msg.sentiment.score");
+                    $("#node-tip").html("Tip: expects a new property name and either a fixed value OR the full name of another message property eg: msg.sentiment.score");
                 }
                 if (a === "delete") {
                     $("#node-input-todo").html("called");
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@
                     $("#node-from-row").show();
                     $("#node-to-row").show();
                     $("#node-reg-row").show();
-                    $("#node-tip").html("Tip: If <i>contains</i> is a regex, you <b>must</b> escape any special characters. Likewise <i>replace with</i> can accept regex results. Only works on strings.");
+                    $("#node-tip").html("Tip: only works on string properties. If regular expressions are used, the <i>replace with</i> field can contain capture results, eg $1.");
                 }
                 //if (a === "replace") {
                  //   $("#node-input-todo").html("called");
diff --git a/nodes/core/logic/15-change.js b/nodes/core/logic/15-change.js
index 7c80a7863..f48367075 100644
--- a/nodes/core/logic/15-change.js
+++ b/nodes/core/logic/15-change.js
@@ -24,7 +24,9 @@ function ChangeNode(n) {
     this.to = n.to || " ";
     this.reg = (n.reg === null || n.reg);
     var node = this;
-
+    if (node.reg === false) {
+        this.from = this.from.replace(/[-[\]{}()*+?.,\\^$|#\s]/g, "\\$&");
+    }
     var makeNew = function( stem, path, value ) {
         var lastPart = (arguments.length === 3) ? path.pop() : false;
         for (var i = 0; i < path.length; i++) {
@@ -36,12 +38,8 @@ function ChangeNode(n) {
 
     this.on('input', function (msg) {
         if (node.action == "change") {
-            var from = node.from;
-            if (node.reg === false) {
-                from = from.replace(/[-[\]{}()*+?.,\\^$|#\s]/g, "\\$&");
-            }
             try {
-                node.re = new RegExp(from, "g");
+                node.re = new RegExp(this.from, "g");
             } catch (e) {
                 node.error(e.message);
             }