diff --git a/src/components/autocomplete.vue b/src/components/autocomplete.vue
index 7ee1279..7b08be4 100644
--- a/src/components/autocomplete.vue
+++ b/src/components/autocomplete.vue
@@ -57,7 +57,17 @@ export default {
         const refName = _this.$slots.input()[0].props.ref;
         const scopedInput = _this.$slots.input()[0].ref.i.ctx.$refs[refName];
         if (scopedInput) {
-          refInput = scopedInput.$el.getElementsByTagName('input')[0];
+          refInput = scopedInput;
+          if(refInput.tagName.toLowerCase() !== 'input'){
+            const inputs = refInput.querySelectorAll('input')
+            if(inputs.length == 0){
+              console.error('No input tag found inside ref "'+refName+'"')
+            } else {
+              refInput = inputs[0]
+            }
+          }
+        } else {
+          console.error("Failed to find scopedInput (element with ref='"+refName+"')")
         }
       }
       if (this.selectFirstOnEnter) {
diff --git a/src/main.js b/src/main.js
index 8b639a7..8424c45 100644
--- a/src/main.js
+++ b/src/main.js
@@ -17,6 +17,9 @@ import buildComponent from './components/build-component'
 import MountableMixin from './utils/mountableMixin'
 import {Env} from "./utils/env";
 let GMapApi = null;
+let gmapApiPromiseLazy = null;
+let gmapOptions = {}
+let defaultResizeBus = null;
 
 export {
   loadGMapApi,
@@ -35,6 +38,18 @@ export {
   MountableMixin,
 }
 
+export function useGMapApiPromiseLazy() {
+  return gmapApiPromiseLazy;
+}
+
+export function useGMapOptions() {
+  return gmapOptions;
+}
+
+export function useGMapDefaultResizeBus() {
+  return defaultResizeBus
+}
+
 export default function install(Vue, options) {
   options = {
     installComponents: true,
@@ -48,16 +63,17 @@ export default function install(Vue, options) {
     },
   })
 
-  const defaultResizeBus = createApp()
+  defaultResizeBus = createApp()
 
   // Use a lazy to only load the API when
   // a VGM component is loaded
-  let gmapApiPromiseLazy = makeGMapApiPromiseLazy(options)
+  gmapApiPromiseLazy = makeGMapApiPromiseLazy(options);
+  gmapOptions = options;
 
   Vue.mixin({
     created() {
       this.$gmapDefaultResizeBus = defaultResizeBus
-      this.$gmapOptions = options
+      this.$gmapOptions = gmapOptions
       this.$gmapApiPromiseLazy = gmapApiPromiseLazy
     },
   })