diff --git a/src/jquery.gridster.js b/src/jquery.gridster.js
index 67836c7121..347faf2a4b 100755
--- a/src/jquery.gridster.js
+++ b/src/jquery.gridster.js
@@ -1203,7 +1203,7 @@
 		isDOM || ($el = wgd.el);
 
 		var empty_upper_row = this.can_go_widget_up(wgd);
-		if (this.shift_widgets_up && empty_upper_row) {
+		if (this.options.shift_widgets_up && empty_upper_row) {
 			wgd.row = empty_upper_row;
 			$el.attr('data-row', empty_upper_row);
 			this.$el.trigger('gridster:positionchanged', [wgd]);
diff --git a/test/amd-main.js b/test/amd-main.js
index 3ca59a1586..3fc75213f0 100644
--- a/test/amd-main.js
+++ b/test/amd-main.js
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ require.config({
     baseUrl: '../src/',
     paths: {
         'QUnit': '../libs/qunit/qunit/qunit',
-        'jquery': '../libs/jquery/jquery',
+        'jquery': '../libs/jquery/dist/jquery',
         'gridster': 'jquery.gridster'
     },
     map: {
diff --git a/test/jquery.gridster.html b/test/jquery.gridster.html
index 4d34d4abb6..0cf9d165f1 100644
--- a/test/jquery.gridster.html
+++ b/test/jquery.gridster.html
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
     <meta charset="utf-8">
     <title>gridster.js Test Suite</title>
     <!-- Load JQuery dependency. -->
-    <script src="../libs/jquery/jquery.js"></script>
+    <script src="../libs/jquery/dist/jquery.js"></script>
     <script>jQuery.noConflict()</script>
 
     <!-- load the gridster source files,  run the tests against the broken out javascipt in the source dir-->
diff --git a/test/jquery.gridster_test.js b/test/jquery.gridster_test.js
index 2878587a34..f5931d456e 100644
--- a/test/jquery.gridster_test.js
+++ b/test/jquery.gridster_test.js
@@ -233,6 +233,19 @@
 		deepEqual(serialized, output);
 	});
 
+	test('When Adding widgets rows static placement is supported', 2, function () {
+		var input = [{col: 6, row: 3, size_x: 1, size_y: 1}];
+		var grid = this.el.gridster().data('gridster');
+		grid.options.shift_widgets_up = false;
+		//remove any widgets from the html config
+		grid.remove_all_widgets();
+		//make sure we are empty
+		equal(grid.get_num_widgets(), 0, 'Clearing the widgets to prepare for tests');
+		grid.add_widget('<li />', input[0].size_x, input[0].size_y, input[0].col, input[0].row);
+		var serialized = grid.serialize();
+		deepEqual(serialized, input);
+	});
+
 	test('When Adding widgets cols are respected', 2, function () {
 		var input = [{col: 6, row: 1, size_x: 1, size_y: 1}];
 		var grid = this.el.gridster().data('gridster');