diff --git a/frontend/src/interfaces/input/textbox.jsx b/frontend/src/interfaces/input/textbox.jsx
index aeea8c38d8..66f7b789cd 100644
--- a/frontend/src/interfaces/input/textbox.jsx
+++ b/frontend/src/interfaces/input/textbox.jsx
@@ -22,13 +22,15 @@ class TextboxInput extends React.Component {
     } else if (this.props.lines > 1) {
       return (
         <div className="input_text">
-          <textarea value={this.props.value || ""} rows={this.props.lines} onChange={this.handleChange}>
+          <textarea value={this.props.value || ""} rows={this.props.lines} 
+            onChange={this.handleChange} placeholder={this.props.placeholder || ""}>
           </textarea>
         </div>
       )
     } else {
       return (<div className="input_text">
-        <input type="text" onChange={this.handleChange} value={this.props.value || ""}></input>
+        <input type="text" onChange={this.handleChange} value={this.props.value || ""}
+          placeholder={this.props.placeholder || ""}></input>
       </div>)
     }
   }
diff --git a/gradio.egg-info/PKG-INFO b/gradio.egg-info/PKG-INFO
index 061f234c72..ae591df623 100644
--- a/gradio.egg-info/PKG-INFO
+++ b/gradio.egg-info/PKG-INFO
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Metadata-Version: 1.0
 Name: gradio
-Version: 2.2.6
+Version: 2.2.7
 Summary: Python library for easily interacting with trained machine learning models
 Home-page: https://github.com/gradio-app/gradio-UI
 Author: Abubakar Abid
diff --git a/gradio/version.txt b/gradio/version.txt
index bda8fbec15..5bc1cc43d4 100644
--- a/gradio/version.txt
+++ b/gradio/version.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-2.2.6
+2.2.7
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 689fedc291..fbdc97b8d5 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ except ImportError:
 
 setup(
     name='gradio',
-    version='2.2.6',
+    version='2.2.7',
     include_package_data=True,
     description='Python library for easily interacting with trained machine learning models',
     author='Abubakar Abid',
diff --git a/test/golden/diff_texts/magic_trick.png b/test/golden/diff_texts/magic_trick.png
index 3972a1c58d..dce479c397 100644
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