diff --git a/dist/react-simpletabs.js b/dist/react-simpletabs.js
index 9834249..1103365 100644
--- a/dist/react-simpletabs.js
+++ b/dist/react-simpletabs.js
@@ -20,41 +20,41 @@
 return /******/ (function(modules) { // webpackBootstrap
 /******/ 	// The module cache
 /******/ 	var installedModules = {};
-/******/
+
 /******/ 	// The require function
 /******/ 	function __webpack_require__(moduleId) {
-/******/
+
 /******/ 		// Check if module is in cache
 /******/ 		if(installedModules[moduleId])
 /******/ 			return installedModules[moduleId].exports;
-/******/
+
 /******/ 		// Create a new module (and put it into the cache)
 /******/ 		var module = installedModules[moduleId] = {
 /******/ 			exports: {},
 /******/ 			id: moduleId,
 /******/ 			loaded: false
 /******/ 		};
-/******/
+
 /******/ 		// Execute the module function
 /******/ 		modules[moduleId].call(module.exports, module, module.exports, __webpack_require__);
-/******/
+
 /******/ 		// Flag the module as loaded
 /******/ 		module.loaded = true;
-/******/
+
 /******/ 		// Return the exports of the module
 /******/ 		return module.exports;
 /******/ 	}
-/******/
-/******/
+
+
 /******/ 	// expose the modules object (__webpack_modules__)
 /******/ 	__webpack_require__.m = modules;
-/******/
+
 /******/ 	// expose the module cache
 /******/ 	__webpack_require__.c = installedModules;
-/******/
+
 /******/ 	// __webpack_public_path__
 /******/ 	__webpack_require__.p = "";
-/******/
+
 /******/ 	// Load entry module and return exports
 /******/ 	return __webpack_require__(0);
 /******/ })
@@ -107,7 +107,9 @@ return /******/ (function(modules) { // webpackBootstrap
 	    }
 	  },
 	  componentWillReceiveProps: function(newProps){
-	    if(newProps.tabActive){ this.setState({tabActive: newProps.tabActive}) }
+	    if(newProps.tabActive && newProps.tabActive !== this.props.tabActive){
+	      this.setState({tabActive: newProps.tabActive});
+	    }
 	  },
 	  render:function () {
 	    var className = classNames('tabs', this.props.className);
@@ -134,8 +136,6 @@ return /******/ (function(modules) { // webpackBootstrap
 	        onAfterChange(index, $selectedPanel, $selectedTabMenu);
 	      }
 	    });
-
-	    e.preventDefault();
 	  },
 	  _getMenuItems:function () {
 	    if (!this.props.children) {
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ return /******/ (function(modules) { // webpackBootstrap
 
 	        return (
 	          React.createElement("li", {ref: ref, key: index, className: classes}, 
-	            React.createElement("a", {href: "#", onClick: this.setActive.bind(this, index + 1)}, 
+	            React.createElement("a", {onClick: this.setActive.bind(this, index + 1)}, 
 	              title
 	            )
 	          )
@@ -211,7 +211,13 @@ return /******/ (function(modules) { // webpackBootstrap
 /* 2 */
 /***/ function(module, exports, __webpack_require__) {
 
-	/** @jsx React.DOM */function classNames() {
+	var __WEBPACK_AMD_DEFINE_ARRAY__, __WEBPACK_AMD_DEFINE_RESULT__;/** @jsx React.DOM *//*!
+	  Copyright (c) 2015 Jed Watson.
+	  Licensed under the MIT License (MIT), see
+	  http://jedwatson.github.io/classnames
+	*/
+
+	function classNames() {
 		var classes = '';
 		var arg;
 
@@ -237,11 +243,18 @@ return /******/ (function(modules) { // webpackBootstrap
 		return classes.substr(1);
 	}
 
-	// safely export classNames in case the script is included directly on a page
+	// safely export classNames for node / browserify
 	if (typeof module !== 'undefined' && module.exports) {
 		module.exports = classNames;
 	}
 
+	// safely export classNames for RequireJS
+	if (true) {
+		!(__WEBPACK_AMD_DEFINE_ARRAY__ = [], __WEBPACK_AMD_DEFINE_RESULT__ = function() {
+			return classNames;
+		}.apply(exports, __WEBPACK_AMD_DEFINE_ARRAY__), __WEBPACK_AMD_DEFINE_RESULT__ !== undefined && (module.exports = __WEBPACK_AMD_DEFINE_RESULT__));
+	}
+
 
 /***/ },
 /* 3 */
@@ -252,3 +265,4 @@ return /******/ (function(modules) { // webpackBootstrap
 /***/ }
 /******/ ])
 });
+;
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diff --git a/lib/react-simpletabs.jsx b/lib/react-simpletabs.jsx
index 0b0dc2f..ed93f5a 100644
--- a/lib/react-simpletabs.jsx
+++ b/lib/react-simpletabs.jsx
@@ -42,7 +42,9 @@ var Tabs = React.createClass({
     }
   },
   componentWillReceiveProps: function(newProps){
-    if(newProps.tabActive){ this.setState({tabActive: newProps.tabActive}) }
+    if(newProps.tabActive && newProps.tabActive !== this.props.tabActive){
+      this.setState({tabActive: newProps.tabActive});
+    }
   },
   render () {
     var className = classNames('tabs', this.props.className);
@@ -69,8 +71,6 @@ var Tabs = React.createClass({
         onAfterChange(index, $selectedPanel, $selectedTabMenu);
       }
     });
-
-    e.preventDefault();
   },
   _getMenuItems () {
     if (!this.props.children) {
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ var Tabs = React.createClass({
 
         return (
           <li ref={ref} key={index} className={classes}>
-            <a href='#' onClick={this.setActive.bind(this, index + 1)}>
+            <a onClick={this.setActive.bind(this, index + 1)}>
               {title}
             </a>
           </li>