diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index a9206cd..cefd22f 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@ 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 adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html)
 
+## [0.2.7] - 2019-3-1
+### Changed
+- [set](docs/set.md) only adds new items once at the end instead of progressively
+
 ## [0.2.6] - 2019-2-17
 ### Changed
 - Added ignoreKeys arg to [mapOwn](docs/mapOwn.md) and [clone](docs/clone.md)
@@ -47,6 +51,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 - [diffUpdate](docs/diffUpdate.md)
 - [intersection](docs/intersection.md)
 
+[0.2.7]: https://github.com/DarrenPaulWright/object-agent/compare/v0.2.6...0.2.7
 [0.2.6]: https://github.com/DarrenPaulWright/object-agent/compare/v0.2.5...0.2.6
 [0.2.5]: https://github.com/DarrenPaulWright/object-agent/compare/v0.2.4...0.2.5
 [0.2.4]: https://github.com/DarrenPaulWright/object-agent/compare/v0.2.3...0.2.4
diff --git a/docs/set.md b/docs/set.md
index d400de3..1a05095 100644
--- a/docs/set.md
+++ b/docs/set.md
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ A javascript library for working with objects
 <a name="set"></a>
 
 ## set(object, path, value)
-Sets a nested value in an object.
+Sets a nested value in an object. Keys in the path that don't exist at any point in the object will be created and added to the object once.
 
 **Kind**: global function  
 
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index b0e6d37..b1ea46a 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
 	"name": "object-agent",
-	"version": "0.2.6",
+	"version": "0.2.7",
 	"lockfileVersion": 1,
 	"requires": true,
 	"dependencies": {
@@ -6334,6 +6334,12 @@
 				"isobject": "^3.0.1"
 			}
 		},
+		"on-change": {
+			"version": "1.0.0",
+			"resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/on-change/-/on-change-1.0.0.tgz",
+			"integrity": "sha512-RTMayeLraQr8N+7SNEbuMuYYUnwJ+Myp22gs0CjEvC25S2CEeevTWmTMMREIQMa1Pz5Zh/Jsorh/98ZfQidCyw==",
+			"dev": true
+		},
 		"on-finished": {
 			"version": "2.3.0",
 			"resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/on-finished/-/on-finished-2.3.0.tgz",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 3020306..ca78841 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
 	"name": "object-agent",
-	"version": "0.2.6",
+	"version": "0.2.7",
 	"description": "A javascript library for working with objects",
 	"main": "src/index.js",
 	"scripts": {
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@
 		"karma-mocha": "^1.3.0",
 		"karma-webpack": "^3.0.5",
 		"mocha": "^5.2.0",
+		"on-change": "^1.0.0",
 		"test-runner-config": "^0.5.0",
 		"wallaby-webpack": "^3.9.13",
 		"webpack": "^4.29.3",
diff --git a/src/set.js b/src/set.js
index c98590d..611e15d 100644
--- a/src/set.js
+++ b/src/set.js
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-import { isNumber } from 'type-enforcer';
+import { isInteger } from 'type-enforcer';
 import parsePath from './utility/parsePath';
 
 /**
- * Sets a nested value in an object.
+ * Sets a nested value in an object. Keys in the path that don't exist at any point in the object will be created and added to the object once.
  *
  * @example
  * ``` javascript
@@ -36,14 +36,28 @@ import parsePath from './utility/parsePath';
 export default (object, path, value) => {
 	path = parsePath(path);
 	const last = path.length - 1;
+	const buildNew = (index) => isInteger(path[index + 1], true) ? [] : {};
+	let baseItem;
+	let baseKey;
+	let baseValue;
 
 	path.forEach((key, index) => {
 		if (index === last) {
 			object[key] = value;
 		}
-		else if (!object[key]) {
-			object[key] = isNumber(path[index + 1], true) ? [] : {};
+		else if (!(key in object)) {
+			if (!baseItem) {
+				baseItem = object;
+				baseKey = key;
+				baseValue = object = buildNew(index);
+				return;
+			}
+			object[key] = buildNew(index);
 		}
 		object = object[key];
 	});
+
+	if (baseItem) {
+		baseItem[baseKey] = baseValue;
+	}
 };
diff --git a/tests/set.Test.js b/tests/set.Test.js
index e5c6646..0c50e13 100644
--- a/tests/set.Test.js
+++ b/tests/set.Test.js
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import { assert } from 'chai';
+import onChange from 'on-change';
 import { set } from '../src/';
 
 describe('set', () => {
@@ -133,7 +134,10 @@ describe('set', () => {
 	});
 
 	it('should create objects and arrays then set the value', () => {
-		const object = {};
+		const object = onChange({}, () => {
+			testVar++;
+		});
+		let testVar = 0;
 		const compare = {
 			level1: [, , { // eslint-disable-line no-sparse-arrays
 				level2: {
@@ -142,9 +146,10 @@ describe('set', () => {
 			}]
 		};
 
-		set(object, ['level1', 2, 'level2', 'level3'], 'meh');
+		set(object, ['level1', '2', 'level2', 'level3'], 'meh');
 
 		assert.deepEqual(object, compare);
+		assert.equal(testVar, 1);
 	});
 
 });