diff --git a/digestive-functors-blaze.cabal b/digestive-functors-blaze.cabal
--- a/digestive-functors-blaze.cabal
+++ b/digestive-functors-blaze.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 Name:          digestive-functors-blaze
-Version:       0.1.0.1
+Version:       0.1.1.0
 Synopsis:      Blaze frontend for the digestive-functors library
 Description:   This is a blaze frontend for the digestive-functors library.
 
@@ -21,4 +21,5 @@
   Build-depends:
     base               >= 4     && < 5,
     digestive-functors >= 0.1.0 && < 0.2,
-    blaze-html         >= 0.4   && < 0.6
+    blaze-html         >= 0.4   && < 0.6,
+    text               >= 0.11  && < 0.12
diff --git a/src/Text/Digestive/Blaze/Html5.hs b/src/Text/Digestive/Blaze/Html5.hs
--- a/src/Text/Digestive/Blaze/Html5.hs
+++ b/src/Text/Digestive/Blaze/Html5.hs
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 import Control.Monad (forM_, unless, when)
 import Data.Maybe (fromMaybe)
 import Data.Monoid (mempty)
+import Data.Text (Text)
 
 import Text.Blaze.Html5 (Html, (!), toValue, toHtml)
 import qualified Text.Blaze.Html5 as H
@@ -51,9 +52,18 @@
 checked False x = x
 checked True  x = x ! A.checked "checked"
 
+inputString :: (Monad m, Functor m, FormInput i f)
+            => Formlet m i e BlazeFormHtml String
+inputString = Forms.inputString $ \id' inp -> createFormHtml $ \cfg ->
+    applyClasses' [htmlInputClasses] cfg $
+        H.input ! A.type_ "text"
+                ! A.name (toValue $ show id')
+                ! A.id (toValue $ show id')
+                ! A.value (toValue $ fromMaybe "" inp)
+
 inputText :: (Monad m, Functor m, FormInput i f)
-          => Formlet m i e BlazeFormHtml String
-inputText = Forms.inputString $ \id' inp -> createFormHtml $ \cfg ->
+          => Formlet m i e BlazeFormHtml Text
+inputText = Forms.inputText $ \id' inp -> createFormHtml $ \cfg ->
     applyClasses' [htmlInputClasses] cfg $
         H.input ! A.type_ "text"
                 ! A.name (toValue $ show id')