diff --git a/inst/examples-input/category.R b/inst/examples-input/category.R
index c0dbcee..8ef45eb 100644
--- a/inst/examples-input/category.R
+++ b/inst/examples-input/category.R
@@ -17,6 +17,17 @@ ui <- fluidPage(
       apexchartOutput("chart2"),
       verbatimTextOutput("result2")
     )
+  ),
+  fluidRow(
+    column(
+      width = 6,
+      tags$b("Pie selection"),
+      apexchartOutput("chart3"),
+      verbatimTextOutput("result3")
+    ),
+    column(
+      width = 6
+    )
   )
 )
 
@@ -46,6 +57,18 @@ server <- function(input, output, session) {
     input$month_click_mult
   })
   
+  output$chart3 <- renderApexchart({
+    data.frame(
+      answer = c("Yes", "No"),
+      n = c(254, 238)
+    ) %>% 
+      apex(type = "pie", mapping = aes(x = answer, y = n)) %>% 
+      set_input_category("click_pie")
+  })
+  output$result3 <- renderPrint({
+    input$click_pie
+  })
+  
 }
 
 shinyApp(ui, server)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/inst/htmlwidgets/apexcharter.js b/inst/htmlwidgets/apexcharter.js
index aef6389..661cd1b 100644
--- a/inst/htmlwidgets/apexcharter.js
+++ b/inst/htmlwidgets/apexcharter.js
@@ -36,10 +36,19 @@ HTMLWidgets.widget({
           }
           if (x.input.hasOwnProperty("category")) {
             ax_opts.chart.events.dataPointSelection = function(event, chartContext, opts) {
-              var data = opts.w.config.series[opts.seriesIndex].data;
-              var selected = opts.selectedDataPoints[0].map(function(index) {
-                return data[index].x;
-              });
+              var typeLabels = ["pie", "radialBar", "donut"];
+              var selected;
+              if (typeLabels.indexOf(opts.w.config.chart.type) > -1) {
+                var labels = opts.w.config.labels;
+                selected = opts.selectedDataPoints[0].map(function(index) {
+                  return labels[index];
+                });
+              } else {
+                var data = opts.w.config.series[opts.seriesIndex].data;
+                selected = opts.selectedDataPoints[0].map(function(index) {
+                  return data[index].x;
+                });
+              }
               Shiny.setInputValue(
                 x.input.category.inputId, 
                 selected