diff --git a/winstore-jscompat.js b/winstore-jscompat.js
index 51711e5..6d8d35b 100644
--- a/winstore-jscompat.js
+++ b/winstore-jscompat.js
@@ -106,8 +106,14 @@
                 }
             }
             cleanseAttributes(cleaner.documentElement);
+            
+            var docElement = cleaner.documentElement.childNodes[1];
 
-            return Array.prototype.slice.call(document.adoptNode(cleaner.documentElement).childNodes);
+            if (docElement == null) {
+                docElement = cleaner.documentElement;
+            }
+
+            return Array.prototype.slice.call(document.adoptNode(docElement).childNodes);
         }
 
         function cleansePropertySetter(property, setter) {
@@ -140,4 +146,4 @@
 
     }
 
-}());
\ No newline at end of file
+}());