diff --git a/src/cpp/include/nodegui/QtWidgets/QWidget/qwidget_macro.h b/src/cpp/include/nodegui/QtWidgets/QWidget/qwidget_macro.h
index abcc6c2df..f9924d42e 100644
--- a/src/cpp/include/nodegui/QtWidgets/QWidget/qwidget_macro.h
+++ b/src/cpp/include/nodegui/QtWidgets/QWidget/qwidget_macro.h
@@ -63,7 +63,11 @@
     Napi::HandleScope scope(env);                                           \
     Napi::String text = info[0].As<Napi::String>();                         \
     std::string style = text.Utf8Value();                                   \
-    this->instance->setStyleSheet(style.c_str());                           \
+    QString newStyle = QString::fromStdString(style);                       \
+    QString currentStyleSheet = this->instance->styleSheet();               \
+    if (newStyle != currentStyleSheet) {                                    \
+      this->instance->setStyleSheet(newStyle);                              \
+    }                                                                       \
     return env.Null();                                                      \
   }                                                                         \
   Napi::Value setCursor(const Napi::CallbackInfo& info) {                   \
diff --git a/src/demo.ts b/src/demo.ts
index f7bf19fa9..35a1f4abc 100644
--- a/src/demo.ts
+++ b/src/demo.ts
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ const label = new QLabel();
 label.setText('Hello');
 const label2 = new QLabel();
 label2.setText('LABEL');
+label2.setInlineStyle('color: blue;');
+label2.setInlineStyle('color: teal;');
 
 tab.addTab(label, new QIcon(), 'I am label tab');
 tab.addTab(label2, new QIcon(), 'TAB2');