diff --git a/jquery.lettering.js b/jquery.lettering.js
index 8a693c8..539d3a0 100644
--- a/jquery.lettering.js
+++ b/jquery.lettering.js
@@ -13,10 +13,11 @@
 (function($){
 	function injector(t, splitter, klass, after) {
 		var a = t.text().split(splitter), inject = '';
-		if (a.length) {
-			$(a).each(function(i, item) {
-				inject += '<span class="'+klass+(i+1)+'">'+item+'</span>'+after;
-			});	
+		var len = a.length;
+		if (len > 0) {
+			for (var i = 0; i < len; i++) { 
+				inject += '<span class="'+klass+(i+1)+'">'+a[i]+'</span>'+after;
+			}
 			t.empty().append(inject);
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/jquery.lettering.min.js b/jquery.lettering.min.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..af0d181
--- /dev/null
+++ b/jquery.lettering.min.js
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+(function(b){function c(j,k,e,l){var f=j.text().split(k),h="";var d=f.length;if(d>0){for(var g=0;g<d;g++){h+='<span class="'+e+(g+1)+'">'+f[g]+"</span>"+l}j.empty().append(h)}}var a={init:function(){return this.each(function(){c(b(this),"","char","")})},words:function(){return this.each(function(){c(b(this)," ","word"," ")})},lines:function(){return this.each(function(){var d="eefec303079ad17405c889e092e105b0";c(b(this).children("br").replaceWith(d).end(),d,"line","")})}};b.fn.lettering=function(d){if(d&&a[d]){return a[d].apply(this,[].slice.call(arguments,1))}else{if(d==="letters"||!d){return a.init.apply(this,[].slice.call(arguments,0))}}b.error("Method "+d+" does not exist on jQuery.lettering");return this}})(jQuery);
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