diff --git a/packages/ui/domrange.js b/packages/ui/domrange.js
index b957a93e43..e9526f37a8 100644
--- a/packages/ui/domrange.js
+++ b/packages/ui/domrange.js
@@ -214,7 +214,6 @@ _extend(DomRange.prototype, {
           throw new Error("Member already exists: " + id.slice(1));
       }
     }
-    members[id] = newMember;
 
     if ('dom' in newMember) {
       if (! newMember.dom)
@@ -225,8 +224,11 @@ _extend(DomRange.prototype, {
       var nodes = range.getNodes();
 
       if (tbodyFixNeeded(nodes, parentNode))
+        // may cause a refresh(); important that the
+        // member isn't added yet
         parentNode = moveWithOwnersIntoTbody(this);
 
+      members[id] = newMember;
       for (var i = 0; i < nodes.length; i++)
         insertNode(nodes[i], parentNode, nextNode);
     } else {
@@ -240,8 +242,11 @@ _extend(DomRange.prototype, {
         node.$ui = this.component;
 
       if (tbodyFixNeeded(node, parentNode))
+        // may cause a refresh(); important that the
+        // member isn't added yet
         parentNode = moveWithOwnersIntoTbody(this);
 
+      members[id] = newMember;
       insertNode(node, parentNode, nextNode);
     }
   },
@@ -693,8 +698,6 @@ DomRange.prototype.contains = function (compOrNode) {
     return false;
 
   var range;
-  if (! compOrNode)
-    debugger;
   if ('dom' in compOrNode) {
     // Component
     range = compOrNode.dom;
diff --git a/packages/ui/domrange_tests.js b/packages/ui/domrange_tests.js
index 69b3869118..1758cde8f8 100644
--- a/packages/ui/domrange_tests.js
+++ b/packages/ui/domrange_tests.js
@@ -846,6 +846,35 @@ Tinytest.addAsync("ui - DomRange - IE TextNode GC", function (test, onComplete)
   }, 500);
 });
 
+Tinytest.add("ui - DomRange - more TBODY", function (test) {
+  inDocument(htmlRange("<table></table>"), function (r) {
+    var table = r.elements()[0];
+    var tableContent = new DomRange;
+    var buf = [];
+    DomRange.insert(tableContent, table);
+    var trRange = htmlRange("<tr><td>Hello</td></tr>");
+    tableContent.add(trRange);
+    test.isTrue(tableContent.contains(trRange));
+  });
+
+  inDocument(htmlRange("<table></table>"), function (r) {
+    var table = r.elements()[0];
+    var tableContent = new DomRange;
+    var buf = [];
+    DomRange.insert(tableContent, table);
+    var trRange = htmlRange("<tr><td>Hello</td></tr>");
+    var tr = trRange.elements()[0];
+    tableContent.add('tr', tr);
+    test.equal(_.keys(tableContent.members).length, 1);
+    test.isTrue(tableContent.contains(tr));
+    tableContent.remove('tr');
+    // bizarrely, in IE 8, the `tr` still has some
+    // DocumentFragment as its parent even though `removeChild`
+    // has been called on it directly.
+    test.isFalse(tr.parentNode && tr.parentNode.nodeType === 1);
+  });
+});
+
 Tinytest.add("ui - DomRange - events in tables", function (test) {
   inDocument(htmlRange("<table></table>"), function (r) {
     var table = r.elements()[0];