diff --git a/src/ecmascript/spidermonkey/element.c b/src/ecmascript/spidermonkey/element.c
index f2ce5a79..76f6ffb8 100644
--- a/src/ecmascript/spidermonkey/element.c
+++ b/src/ecmascript/spidermonkey/element.c
@@ -1634,10 +1634,12 @@ element_set_property_innerHtml(JSContext *ctx, unsigned int argc, JS::Value *vp)
 	text += JS_EncodeString(ctx, args[0].toString());
 	text += "</root>";
 
-	xmlpp::DomParser example1;
-	example1.parse_memory(text);
-	auto doc1 = example1.get_document();
-	auto root1 = doc1->get_root_node();
+	xmlDoc* doc = htmlReadDoc((xmlChar*)text.c_str(), NULL, NULL, HTML_PARSE_RECOVER | HTML_PARSE_NOERROR | HTML_PARSE_NOWARNING);
+	// Encapsulate raw libxml document in a libxml++ wrapper
+	xmlpp::Document *doc1 = new xmlpp::Document(doc);
+
+	auto root = doc1->get_root_node();
+	auto root1 = root->find("//root")[0];
 	auto children2 = root1->get_children();
 	auto it2 = children2.begin();
 	auto end2 = children2.end();
diff --git a/test/ecmascript/childNodes.html b/test/ecmascript/childNodes.html
index 9c2c77dc..8e0545cd 100644
--- a/test/ecmascript/childNodes.html
+++ b/test/ecmascript/childNodes.html
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ function myFunction() {
   var i;
 
   for (i = 0; i < c.length; i++) {
-    txt = txt + c[i].nodeName + "<br/>";
+    txt = txt + c[i].nodeName + "<br>";
   }
 
   document.getElementById("demo").innerHTML = txt;
diff --git a/test/ecmascript/children.html b/test/ecmascript/children.html
index 52483fa5..a0cfae34 100644
--- a/test/ecmascript/children.html
+++ b/test/ecmascript/children.html
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ function myFunction() {
   var txt = "";
   var i;
   for (i = 0; i < c.length; i++) {
-    txt = txt + c[i].tagName + "<br/>";
+    txt = txt + c[i].tagName + "<br>";
   }
 
   document.getElementById("demo").innerHTML = txt;