diff --git a/CHANGELOG.txt b/CHANGELOG.txt
index 88f2048..c1fbe1f 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.txt
+++ b/CHANGELOG.txt
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ X-editable changelog
 
 Version 1.4.6 wip
 ----------------------------
+[bug #312] can't apply selector more than once (vitalets)
 [enh #48] textarea: use `white-space: pre-wrap` instead of nl2br conversion (vitalets)
 [enh #286] added HTML5 time input (Doggie52)
 [enh] add `defaultValue` option (vitalets)
diff --git a/src/element/editable-element.js b/src/element/editable-element.js
index 72a3efa..92cdd9b 100644
--- a/src/element/editable-element.js
+++ b/src/element/editable-element.js
@@ -621,6 +621,14 @@ Makes editable any HTML element on the page. Applied as jQuery method.
                 data = $this.data(datakey), 
                 options = typeof option === 'object' && option;
 
+            //for delegated targets do not store `editable` object for element
+            //it's allows several different selectors.
+            //see: https://github.com/vitalets/x-editable/issues/312    
+            if(options && options.selector) {
+                data = new Editable(this, options);
+                return; 
+            }    
+            
             if (!data) {
                 $this.data(datakey, (data = new Editable(this, options)));
             }
diff --git a/test/unit/common.js b/test/unit/common.js
index 53ee13f..2079f02 100644
--- a/test/unit/common.js
+++ b/test/unit/common.js
@@ -647,13 +647,19 @@
     
      test("`selector` option", function () {
         var parent = $('<div><a href="#" id="a" data-type="text">123</a></div>').appendTo('#qunit-fixture').editable({
-            selector: 'a',
-            url: 'post.php',
-            source: groups
+            selector: '#a',
+            url: 'post.php'
         }),
         b = $('<a href="#" id="b" data-type="select" data-value="1"></a>'),
         e = $('#a'),
         selected = 2;
+        
+        //apply delegated editable second time
+        parent.editable({
+           selector: '#b', 
+           url: 'post.php',
+           source: groups
+        });
        
         ok(!e.hasClass('editable'), 'no editable class applied');