diff --git a/js/package.json b/js/package.json
index f6861196..195c7dea 100644
--- a/js/package.json
+++ b/js/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "qgrid",
-  "version": "1.0.3",
+  "version": "1.0.5",
   "description": "An Interactive Grid for Sorting and Filtering DataFrames in Jupyter Notebook",
   "author": "Quantopian Inc.",
   "main": "src/index.js",
diff --git a/js/src/qgrid.widget.js b/js/src/qgrid.widget.js
index 32d9a832..06bafa21 100644
--- a/js/src/qgrid.widget.js
+++ b/js/src/qgrid.widget.js
@@ -36,8 +36,8 @@ class QgridModel extends widgets.DOMWidgetModel {
       _view_name : 'QgridView',
       _model_module : 'qgrid',
       _view_module : 'qgrid',
-      _model_module_version : '^1.0.3',
-      _view_module_version : '^1.0.3',
+      _model_module_version : '^1.0.5',
+      _view_module_version : '^1.0.5',
       _df_json: '',
       _columns: {}
     });
diff --git a/qgrid/_version.py b/qgrid/_version.py
index 2921a0c3..50954c41 100644
--- a/qgrid/_version.py
+++ b/qgrid/_version.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-version_info = (1, 0, 3, 'final')
+version_info = (1, 0, 5, 'final')
 
 _specifier_ = {'alpha': 'a', 'beta': 'b', 'candidate': 'rc', 'final': ''}
 
diff --git a/qgrid/grid.py b/qgrid/grid.py
index 2b73ed9a..94802fce 100644
--- a/qgrid/grid.py
+++ b/qgrid/grid.py
@@ -464,8 +464,8 @@ class QgridWidget(widgets.DOMWidget):
     _model_name = Unicode('QgridModel').tag(sync=True)
     _view_module = Unicode('qgrid').tag(sync=True)
     _model_module = Unicode('qgrid').tag(sync=True)
-    _view_module_version = Unicode('1.0.3').tag(sync=True)
-    _model_module_version = Unicode('1.0.3').tag(sync=True)
+    _view_module_version = Unicode('1.0.5').tag(sync=True)
+    _model_module_version = Unicode('1.0.5').tag(sync=True)
 
     _df = Instance(pd.DataFrame)
     _df_json = Unicode('', sync=True)
@@ -1220,8 +1220,9 @@ def _handle_qgrid_msg_helper(self, content):
                 if col_info['type'] == 'datetime':
                     val_to_set = pd.to_datetime(val_to_set)
 
-                old_value = self._df.at[location]
-                self._df.at[location] = val_to_set
+                old_value = self._df.loc[location]
+                self._df.loc[location] = val_to_set
+
                 query = self._unfiltered_df[self._index_col_name] == \
                     content['unfiltered_index']
                 self._unfiltered_df.loc[query, content['column']] = val_to_set
diff --git a/qgrid/tests/test_grid.py b/qgrid/tests/test_grid.py
index c6d671b8..cd4b1513 100644
--- a/qgrid/tests/test_grid.py
+++ b/qgrid/tests/test_grid.py
@@ -74,6 +74,20 @@ def test_edit_date():
                        "2013-01-16T00:00:00.000Z")
 
 
+def test_edit_multi_index_df():
+    df_multi = create_multi_index_df()
+    view = QgridWidget(df=df_multi)
+    old_val = df_multi.loc[('bar', 'two'), 1]
+
+    check_edit_success(view,
+                       1,
+                       1,
+                       old_val,
+                       round(old_val, pd.get_option('display.precision') - 1),
+                       3.45678,
+                       3.45678)
+
+
 def check_edit_success(widget,
                        col_name,
                        row_index,
@@ -85,7 +99,7 @@ def check_edit_success(widget,
     event_history = init_event_history('cell_edited', widget)
 
     grid_data = json.loads(widget._df_json)['data']
-    assert grid_data[row_index][col_name] == old_val_json
+    assert grid_data[row_index][str(col_name)] == old_val_json
 
     widget._handle_qgrid_msg_helper({
         'column': col_name,
@@ -95,9 +109,10 @@ def check_edit_success(widget,
         'value': new_val_json
     })
 
+    expected_index_val = widget._df.index[row_index]
     assert event_history == [{
         'name':  'cell_edited',
-        'index':  row_index,
+        'index':  expected_index_val,
         'column': col_name,
         'old': old_val_obj,
         'new': new_val_obj
@@ -107,7 +122,7 @@ def check_edit_success(widget,
     # call _update_table so the widget updates _df_json
     widget._update_table(fire_data_change_event=False)
     grid_data = json.loads(widget._df_json)['data']
-    assert grid_data[row_index][col_name] == new_val_json
+    assert grid_data[row_index][str(col_name)] == new_val_json
 
 
 def test_edit_number():