@@ -28,7 +28,9 @@ const getTooltipElements = (trigger) => {
 
 /**
  * Shows the tooltip
+ * @param {HTMLElement} tooltipBody - the element that contains the tooltip content
  * @param {HTMLElement} tooltipTrigger - the element that initializes the tooltip
+ * @param {String} position - the string passed from data-position on the trigger
  */
 const showToolTip = (tooltipBody, tooltipTrigger, position) => {
   tooltipBody.setAttribute("aria-hidden", "false");
@@ -317,7 +319,7 @@ const setUpAttributes = (tooltipTrigger) => {
   const tooltipBody = document.createElement("span");
   const position = tooltipTrigger.getAttribute("data-position")
     ? tooltipTrigger.getAttribute("data-position")
-    : "top";
+    : tooltipTrigger.setAttribute("data-position", "top");
   const additionalClasses = tooltipTrigger.getAttribute("data-classes");
 
   // Set up tooltip attributes