diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 5ac20be2..c5c38629 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
 and this project closely adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
+## 0.177.0
+- Fix - text regex steps mess up the fuzzy find js code
+
 ## 0.176.0
 - Add - preliminary border injection behind feature flag
 
diff --git a/features/browser/text.feature b/features/browser/text.feature
index 92523fa2..cdf38f0b 100644
--- a/features/browser/text.feature
+++ b/features/browser/text.feature
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 Feature: Text
-  As a developer I want to make sure the test writer can verify the visibilty
+  As a developer I want to make sure the test writer can verify the visibility
   of text on the page
 
   Scenario: User can see text within a simple label
@@ -83,3 +83,10 @@ Feature: Text
       And I open a browser at the url "http://{HOST_ADDRESS}:{PORT}/text.html"
      Then I match the regex "(?P<word>[^ ]*)\s*to Clipboard" on the current page and save the group "word" to the variable "WORD"
      Then I should see "{WORD}" is equal to "Copy"
+
+  Scenario: User can do regex text match and fuzzy find on the same page
+    Given I start a webserver at directory "data/www" and save the port to the variable "PORT"
+      And I open a browser at the url "http://{HOST_ADDRESS}:{PORT}/text.html"
+     Then I should see the text "just some text in a label"
+      And I should see text matching the regex "just.*a.l[abcd]bel" on the current page
+      And I should see the text "just some text in a label"
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 49afa82c..e835865d 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "cucu"
-version = "0.176.0"
+version = "0.177.0"
 license = "MIT"
 description = "Easy BDD web testing"
 authors = ["Domino Data Lab <open-source@dominodatalab.com>"]
diff --git a/src/cucu/utils.py b/src/cucu/utils.py
index c235d3c4..0ab6560d 100644
--- a/src/cucu/utils.py
+++ b/src/cucu/utils.py
@@ -143,7 +143,10 @@ def text_in_current_frame(browser: Browser) -> str:
     Args:
         browser (Browser): the browser session switched to the desired frame
     """
-    browser.execute(load_jquery_lib())
-    browser.execute("window.jqCucu = jQuery.noConflict(true);")
+    script = "return window.jqCucu && jqCucu.fn.jquery;"
+    jquery_version = browser.execute(script)
+    if not jquery_version:
+        browser.execute(load_jquery_lib())
+        browser.execute("window.jqCucu = jQuery.noConflict(true);")
     text = browser.execute('return jqCucu("body").children(":visible").text();')
     return text