diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 0cb382d..f97507c 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
       "clean": "rimraf package-lock.json && rimraf node_modules && npm install",
       "build": "rimraf build && tsc",
       "watch": "tsc --watch",
-      "prettier": "prettier 'src/**/*.ts' --write --single-quote",
+      "prettier": "prettier 'src/**/*.ts' 'test/**/*.*' --write --single-quote",
       "prettier-check": "prettier 'src/**/*.ts' 'test/**/*.*' --check",
       "appium-home": "rm -rf /tmp/some-temp-dir && export APPIUM_HOME=/tmp/some-temp-dir",
       "test": "NODE_OPTIONS='--loader ts-node/esm' mocha --require ts-node/register test/**/*.ts",
diff --git a/src/commands/element.ts b/src/commands/element.ts
index 6af6510..8b14cbd 100644
--- a/src/commands/element.ts
+++ b/src/commands/element.ts
@@ -83,7 +83,8 @@ export async function setValue(
 ) {
    const driver = ELEMENT_CACHE.get(elementId);
    return await driver.command(`/element/${elementId}/value`, 'POST', {
-      text,
+      text: text && _.isArray(text) ? text.join('') : text, // text should always be a string
+      value: text && _.isString(text) ? [...text] : text, // value should always be a array of char
    });
 }
 
diff --git a/test/specs/test.e2e.js b/test/specs/test.e2e.js
index c302062..027ddc2 100644
--- a/test/specs/test.e2e.js
+++ b/test/specs/test.e2e.js
@@ -5,7 +5,9 @@ async function performLogin(userName = 'admin', password = '1234') {
    const att = await browser.flutterByValueKey$('username_text_field');
    console.log(await att.getAttribute('all'));
    await browser.flutterByValueKey$('username_text_field').clearValue();
-   await browser.flutterByValueKey$('username_text_field').addValue(userName);
+   await $(
+      '//android.view.View[@content-desc="username_text_field"]/android.widget.EditText',
+   ).addValue(userName);
 
    await browser.flutterByValueKey$('password_text_field').clearValue();
    await browser.flutterByValueKey$('password').addValue(password);
diff --git a/test/unit/element.specs.ts b/test/unit/element.specs.ts
index 497b082..6b90c42 100644
--- a/test/unit/element.specs.ts
+++ b/test/unit/element.specs.ts
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ describe('Element Interaction Functions', () => {
             mockDriver.command.calledWith(
                `/element/${elementId}/value`,
                'POST',
-               { text },
+               { text, value: [...text] },
             ),
          ).to.be.true;
       });