diff --git a/backbone-rails.gemspec b/backbone-rails.gemspec
index e79cecf..8bf84e0 100644
--- a/backbone-rails.gemspec
+++ b/backbone-rails.gemspec
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.description = "Quickly setup backbone.js for use with rails 3.1. Generators are provided to quickly get started."
   s.files = Dir["lib/**/*"] + Dir["vendor/**/*"] + ["MIT-LICENSE", "Rakefile", "README.md"]
   
-  s.add_dependency('rails', '~> 3.1.0.rc5')
+  s.add_dependency('rails', '~> 3.0.10.rc1')
   s.add_dependency('coffee-script', '~> 2.2.0')
   s.add_dependency('ejs', '~> 1.0.0')
   
diff --git a/vendor/assets/javascripts/backbone_datalink.js b/vendor/assets/javascripts/backbone_datalink.js
index 15683c6..b3458d9 100644
--- a/vendor/assets/javascripts/backbone_datalink.js
+++ b/vendor/assets/javascripts/backbone_datalink.js
@@ -5,17 +5,28 @@
         var el, name;
         el = $(this);
         name = el.attr("name");
-        model.bind("change:" + name, function() {
-          return el.val(model.get(name));
-        });
-        return $(this).bind("change", function() {
-          var attrs;
-          el = $(this);
-          attrs = {};
-          attrs[el.attr("name")] = el.val();
-          return model.set(attrs);
-        });
+
+        if(typeof name !== "undefined" && name !== null) {
+          model.bind("change:" + name, function() {
+            val = model.get(name)
+            if ( el.is("input[type='checkbox']") && (val == true || val == false) )
+              el.prop('checked', val);
+            return el.val(val);
+          });
+
+          return $(this).bind("change", function() {
+            var attrs;
+            el = $(this);
+            attrs = {};
+            if ( el.is("input[type='checkbox']") )
+              attrs[el.attr("name")] = el.prop('checked');
+            else
+              attrs[el.attr("name")] = el.val();
+            return model.set(attrs);
+          });
+        }
+
       });
     }
   });
-})(jQuery);
+})(jQuery);
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