diff --git a/packages/backend/src/Connection.ts b/packages/backend/src/Connection.ts
index 3b6b8e2..cd72149 100644
--- a/packages/backend/src/Connection.ts
+++ b/packages/backend/src/Connection.ts
@@ -124,6 +124,7 @@ class Connection {
 
     socket.leave(id)
 
+    this.garbageCursor(socket.nsp.name, id)
     this.garbageNsp()
   }
 
@@ -137,6 +138,20 @@ class Connection {
       })
   }
 
+  garbageCursor = (nsp, id) => {
+    const doc = this.docSet.getDoc(nsp)
+
+    if (!doc.cursors) return
+
+    const change = Automerge.change(
+      doc,
+      `remove cursor ${id}`,
+      (d: any) => delete d.cursors[id]
+    )
+
+    this.docSet.setDoc(nsp, change)
+  }
+
   removeDoc = async nsp => {
     const doc = this.docSet.getDoc(nsp)
 
diff --git a/packages/bridge/src/apply/selection.ts b/packages/bridge/src/apply/selection.ts
index 82e2359..55283bd 100644
--- a/packages/bridge/src/apply/selection.ts
+++ b/packages/bridge/src/apply/selection.ts
@@ -21,7 +21,9 @@ const setSelection = (doc, op, { id, selection, annotationType }) => {
   if (focus) cursor.focus = focus
   if (anchor) cursor.anchor = anchor
 
-  const cursorPath = (anchor && anchor.path) || (focus && focus.path)
+  const cursorPath = cursor.data.isBackward
+    ? anchor && anchor.path
+    : focus && focus.path
 
   if (cursorPath) cursor.data.cursorPath = toJS(cursorPath)
 
diff --git a/packages/client/src/Connection.ts b/packages/client/src/Connection.ts
index 427efba..63b7496 100644
--- a/packages/client/src/Connection.ts
+++ b/packages/client/src/Connection.ts
@@ -115,9 +115,7 @@ class Connection {
 
     if (!doc) return
 
-    const selectionOps = operations.filter(op => op.type === 'set_selection')
-
-    console.log('hasSelectionOps', selectionOps.size)
+    operations = operations.filter(op => op.type !== 'set_selection')
 
     const { value } = this.editor
 
@@ -130,12 +128,24 @@ class Connection {
     }
 
     const cursor = doc.cursors[meta.id]
-    const cursorOffset = cursor && cursor.anchor && cursor.anchor.offset
+    const cursorStart = cursor && cursor.anchor && cursor.anchor.offset
+    const cursorEnd = cursor && cursor.focus && cursor.focus.offset
 
-    if (!selectionOps.size && selection.start.offset !== cursorOffset) {
+    console.log('cursor!!', cursorStart, cursorEnd)
+    console.log('selection!!', selection.start.offset, selection.end.offset)
+
+    if (
+      selection.start.offset !== cursorStart ||
+      selection.end.offset !== cursorEnd
+    ) {
+      console.log(
+        '!!!!!! append selection op!!!',
+        selection.start.toJS(),
+        selection.end.toJS()
+      )
       const opData = {
         type: 'set_selection',
-        properties: {},
+        properties: cursor || {},
         newProperties: {
           anchor: selection.start,
           focus: selection.end
@@ -147,8 +157,6 @@ class Connection {
       operations = operations.push(op)
     }
 
-    console.log('operations', operations.toJSON())
-
     const changed = Automerge.change(doc, message, (d: any) =>
       applySlateOps(d, operations, meta)
     )