diff --git a/public/partdb.js b/public/partdb.js
index ac054bb..0c0c260 100644
--- a/public/partdb.js
+++ b/public/partdb.js
@@ -236,11 +236,7 @@ function update_part()
 	// the fields
 	for (const field of fields) {
 		const input = document.getElementById('part_' + field);
-		if (input.tagName == "INPUT") {
-			part[field] = input.value;
-		} else if (input.tagName == "TEXTAREA") {
-			part[field] = input.innerHTML;
-		}
+		part[field] = input.value;
 	}
 	if (part["name"].length == 0) {
 		return;