diff --git a/src/main/java/com/flowingcode/vaadin/addons/googlemaps/GoogleMap.java b/src/main/java/com/flowingcode/vaadin/addons/googlemaps/GoogleMap.java
index 8daf37b..5560784 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/flowingcode/vaadin/addons/googlemaps/GoogleMap.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/flowingcode/vaadin/addons/googlemaps/GoogleMap.java
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ public LatLon getCenter() {
    * @param zoom New amount of the zoom.
    */
   public void setZoom(int zoom) {
-    this.getElement().setAttribute("zoom", Integer.toString(zoom));
+    this.getElement().setProperty("zoom", zoom);
   }
 
   /**