diff --git a/lib/rangy-classapplier.js b/lib/rangy-classapplier.js
index e3cdc6da..6a87c5ad 100644
--- a/lib/rangy-classapplier.js
+++ b/lib/rangy-classapplier.js
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@
  *
  * Copyright 2015, Tim Down
  * Licensed under the MIT license.
- * Version: 1.3.0-alpha.20150122
- * Build date: 10 February 2015
+ * Version: 1.3.0-beta.1
+ * Build date: 12 February 2015
  */
 (function(factory, root) {
     if (typeof define == "function" && define.amd) {
@@ -102,6 +102,16 @@
             return getSortedClassName(el1) == getSortedClassName(el2);
         }
 
+        function hasAllClasses(el, className) {
+            var classes = className.split(/\s+/);
+            for (var i = 0, len = classes.length; i < len; ++i) {
+                if (!hasClass(el, trim(classes[i]))) {
+                    return false;
+                }
+            }
+            return true;
+        }
+
         function movePosition(position, oldParent, oldIndex, newParent, newIndex) {
             var posNode = position.node, posOffset = position.offset;
             var newNode = posNode, newOffset = posOffset;
@@ -412,7 +422,7 @@
         var getPreviousMergeableTextNode = createAdjacentMergeableTextNodeGetter(false),
             getNextMergeableTextNode = createAdjacentMergeableTextNodeGetter(true);
 
-
+    
         function Merge(firstNode) {
             this.isElementMerge = (firstNode.nodeType == 1);
             this.textNodes = [];
@@ -614,7 +624,7 @@
 
             copyAttributesToElement: function(attrs, el) {
                 for (var attrName in attrs) {
-                    if (attrs.hasOwnProperty(attrName)) {
+                    if (attrs.hasOwnProperty(attrName) && !/^class(?:Name)?$/i.test(attrName)) {
                         el.setAttribute(attrName, attrs[attrName]);
                     }
                 }
@@ -726,7 +736,11 @@
                 var applier = this;
                 return each(props, function(p, propValue) {
                     if (p == "className") {
-                        return sortClassName(el.className) == applier.elementSortedClassName;
+                        // For checking whether we should reuse an existing element, we just want to check that the element
+                        // has all the classes specified in the className property. When deciding whether the element is
+                        // removable when unapplying a class, there is separate special handling to check whether the
+                        // element has extra classes so the same simple check will do.
+                        return hasAllClasses(el, propValue);
                     } else if (typeof propValue == "object") {
                         if (!applier.elementHasProperties(el[p], propValue)) {
                             return false;
@@ -933,8 +947,6 @@
                 // Remove class from any appropriate empty elements
                 var emptyElements = applier.getEmptyElements(range);
 
-                console.log(emptyElements);
-
                 forEach(emptyElements, function(el) {
                     removeClass(el, applier.className);
                 });
@@ -1032,6 +1044,7 @@
             addClass: addClass,
             removeClass: removeClass,
             hasSameClasses: haveSameClasses,
+            hasAllClasses: hasAllClasses,
             replaceWithOwnChildren: replaceWithOwnChildrenPreservingPositions,
             elementsHaveSameNonClassAttributes: elementsHaveSameNonClassAttributes,
             elementHasNonClassAttributes: elementHasNonClassAttributes,
@@ -1044,6 +1057,6 @@
         api.CssClassApplier = api.ClassApplier = ClassApplier;
         api.createCssClassApplier = api.createClassApplier = createClassApplier;
     });
-
+    
     return rangy;
 }, this);
diff --git a/lib/rangy-core.js b/lib/rangy-core.js
index 2a60da14..f8b7eea6 100644
--- a/lib/rangy-core.js
+++ b/lib/rangy-core.js
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
  *
  * Copyright 2015, Tim Down
  * Licensed under the MIT license.
- * Version: 1.3.0-alpha.20150122
- * Build date: 10 February 2015
+ * Version: 1.3.0-beta.1
+ * Build date: 12 February 2015
  */
 
 (function(factory, root) {
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@
     };
 
     var api = {
-        version: "1.3.0-alpha.20150122",
+        version: "1.3.0-beta.1",
         initialized: false,
         isBrowser: isBrowser,
         supported: true,
diff --git a/lib/rangy-highlighter.js b/lib/rangy-highlighter.js
index de40cb1b..7445931d 100644
--- a/lib/rangy-highlighter.js
+++ b/lib/rangy-highlighter.js
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@
  *
  * Copyright 2015, Tim Down
  * Licensed under the MIT license.
- * Version: 1.3.0-alpha.20150122
- * Build date: 10 February 2015
+ * Version: 1.3.0-beta.1
+ * Build date: 12 February 2015
  */
 (function(factory, root) {
     if (typeof define == "function" && define.amd) {
diff --git a/lib/rangy-selectionsaverestore.js b/lib/rangy-selectionsaverestore.js
index 5842896b..97ec1492 100644
--- a/lib/rangy-selectionsaverestore.js
+++ b/lib/rangy-selectionsaverestore.js
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@
  *
  * Copyright 2015, Tim Down
  * Licensed under the MIT license.
- * Version: 1.3.0-alpha.20150122
- * Build date: 10 February 2015
+ * Version: 1.3.0-beta.1
+ * Build date: 12 February 2015
  */
 (function(factory, root) {
     if (typeof define == "function" && define.amd) {
diff --git a/lib/rangy-serializer.js b/lib/rangy-serializer.js
index 496cc90b..4a83cc6b 100644
--- a/lib/rangy-serializer.js
+++ b/lib/rangy-serializer.js
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@
  *
  * Copyright 2015, Tim Down
  * Licensed under the MIT license.
- * Version: 1.3.0-alpha.20150122
- * Build date: 10 February 2015
+ * Version: 1.3.0-beta.1
+ * Build date: 12 February 2015
  */
 (function(factory, root) {
     if (typeof define == "function" && define.amd) {
diff --git a/lib/rangy-textrange.js b/lib/rangy-textrange.js
index fc1bfa10..e0265d1c 100644
--- a/lib/rangy-textrange.js
+++ b/lib/rangy-textrange.js
@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@
  *
  * Copyright 2015, Tim Down
  * Licensed under the MIT license.
- * Version: 1.3.0-alpha.20150122
- * Build date: 10 February 2015
+ * Version: 1.3.0-beta.1
+ * Build date: 12 February 2015
  */
 
 /**