diff --git a/beehive-netui-tags/src/main/java/org/apache/beehive/netui/tags/html/Anchor.java b/beehive-netui-tags/src/main/java/org/apache/beehive/netui/tags/html/Anchor.java
index 5c20bba..c2d7386 100644
--- a/beehive-netui-tags/src/main/java/org/apache/beehive/netui/tags/html/Anchor.java
+++ b/beehive-netui-tags/src/main/java/org/apache/beehive/netui/tags/html/Anchor.java
@@ -325,6 +325,8 @@ public class Anchor extends AnchorBase
             bodyContent.clearBody();
             if (value.length() > 0)
                 _text = value;
+            else
+                _text = null;
         }
         return SKIP_BODY;
     }