diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 8a3d346..183367a 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ package-lock.json
 lib
 es
 .vue-meta
+.nuxt
 
 # examples yarn lock
 examples/yarn.lock
diff --git a/src/client/updaters/tag.js b/src/client/updaters/tag.js
index 25d5cc9..affb0fb 100644
--- a/src/client/updaters/tag.js
+++ b/src/client/updaters/tag.js
@@ -52,7 +52,13 @@ export default function updateTag(appId, { attribute, tagIDKeyName } = {}, type,
             const _attr = includes(dataAttributes, attr)
               ? `data-${attr}`
               : attr
-            const value = isUndefined(tag[attr]) || includes(booleanHtmlAttributes, attr) ? '' : tag[attr]
+
+            const isBooleanAttribute = includes(booleanHtmlAttributes, attr)
+            if (isBooleanAttribute && !tag[attr]) {
+              continue
+            }
+
+            const value = isBooleanAttribute ? '' : tag[attr]
             newElement.setAttribute(_attr, value)
           }
         }
diff --git a/src/server/generators/tag.js b/src/server/generators/tag.js
index 44599da..109aa54 100644
--- a/src/server/generators/tag.js
+++ b/src/server/generators/tag.js
@@ -36,7 +36,12 @@ export default function tagGenerator(appId, { attribute, tagIDKeyName } = {}, ty
             prefix = 'data-'
           }
 
-          return isUndefined(tag[attr]) || booleanHtmlAttributes.includes(attr)
+          const isBooleanAttr = booleanHtmlAttributes.includes(attr)
+          if (isBooleanAttr && !tag[attr]) {
+            return attrsStr
+          }
+
+          return isBooleanAttr
             ? `${attrsStr} ${prefix}${attr}`
             : `${attrsStr} ${prefix}${attr}="${tag[attr]}"`
         }, '')
diff --git a/test/unit/escaping.test.js b/test/unit/escaping.test.js
index f9c26f0..3906e33 100644
--- a/test/unit/escaping.test.js
+++ b/test/unit/escaping.test.js
@@ -71,4 +71,35 @@ describe('escaping', () => {
       __dangerouslyDisableSanitizersByTagID: { noscape: ['innerHTML'] }
     })
   })
+
+  test.skip('special chars are escaped unless disabled by vmid', () => {
+    const component = new Vue({
+      metaInfo: {
+        title: 'Hello',
+        script: [
+          { vmid: 'yescape', innerHTML: ['12', 'asd'] }
+        ]
+      }
+    })
+
+    expect(getMetaInfo(component, [[/&/g, '&']])).toEqual({
+      title: 'Hello',
+      titleChunk: 'Hello',
+      titleTemplate: '%s',
+      htmlAttrs: {},
+      headAttrs: {},
+      bodyAttrs: {},
+      meta: [],
+      base: [],
+      link: [],
+      style: [],
+      script: [
+        { innerHTML: 'Hello & Goodbye', vmid: 'yescape' },
+        { innerHTML: 'Hello & Goodbye', vmid: 'noscape' }
+      ],
+      noscript: [],
+      __dangerouslyDisableSanitizers: [],
+      __dangerouslyDisableSanitizersByTagID: { noscape: ['innerHTML'] }
+    })
+  })
 })
diff --git a/test/utils/meta-info-data.js b/test/utils/meta-info-data.js
index 7314b38..1e2e1ec 100644
--- a/test/utils/meta-info-data.js
+++ b/test/utils/meta-info-data.js
@@ -113,12 +113,12 @@ const metaInfoData = {
   script: {
     add: {
       data: [
-        { src: 'src', async: true, defer: true, [defaultOptions.tagIDKeyName]: 'content' },
-        { src: 'src', async: true, defer: true, body: true }
+        { src: 'src', async: false, defer: true, [defaultOptions.tagIDKeyName]: 'content' },
+        { src: 'src', async: false, defer: true, body: true }
       ],
       expect: [
-        '<script data-vue-meta="test" src="src" async defer data-vmid="content"></script>',
-        '<script data-vue-meta="test" src="src" async defer data-body="true"></script>'
+        '<script data-vue-meta="test" src="src" defer data-vmid="content"></script>',
+        '<script data-vue-meta="test" src="src" defer data-body="true"></script>'
       ],
       test(side, defaultTest) {
         return () => {