diff --git a/src/nodes/html.ts b/src/nodes/html.ts
index 2f796bb..1c128e8 100644
--- a/src/nodes/html.ts
+++ b/src/nodes/html.ts
@@ -598,6 +598,8 @@ export interface Options {
 	comment?: boolean;
 }
 
+const frameflag = 'documentfragmentcontainer';
+
 /**
  * Parses HTML and returns a root element
  * Parse a chuck of HTML source.
@@ -610,6 +612,8 @@ export function parse(data: string, options = {} as Options) {
 	const stack = [root];
 	let lastTextPos = -1;
 	let match: RegExpExecArray;
+	// https://github.com/taoqf/node-html-parser/issues/38
+	data = `<${frameflag}>${data}</${frameflag}>`;
 	while (match = kMarkupPattern.exec(data)) {
 		if (lastTextPos > -1) {
 			if (lastTextPos + match[0].length < kMarkupPattern.lastIndex) {
@@ -645,9 +649,12 @@ export function parse(data: string, options = {} as Options) {
 					currentParent = arr_back(stack);
 				}
 			}
-			currentParent = currentParent.appendChild(
-				new HTMLElement(match[2], attrs, match[3]));
-			stack.push(currentParent);
+			if (match[2] !== frameflag) {
+				// ignore container tag we add above
+				// https://github.com/taoqf/node-html-parser/issues/38
+				currentParent = currentParent.appendChild(new HTMLElement(match[2], attrs, match[3]));
+				stack.push(currentParent);
+			}
 			if (kBlockTextElements[match[2]]) {
 				// a little test to find next </script> or </style> ...
 				const closeMarkup = '</' + match[2] + '>';
diff --git a/test/html.js b/test/html.js
index 26cc404..ee4b84e 100644
--- a/test/html.js
+++ b/test/html.js
@@ -429,10 +429,12 @@ describe('HTML Parser', function () {
 		});
 
 		describe('#removeAttribute', function () {
-			const root = parseHTML('<input required>');
-			const input = root.firstChild;
-			input.removeAttribute('required');
-			input.toString().should.eql('<input />');
+			it('should remove attribute required', function () {
+				const root = parseHTML('<input required>');
+				const input = root.firstChild;
+				input.removeAttribute('required');
+				input.toString().should.eql('<input />');
+			});
 		});
 
 		describe('#hasAttribute', function () {
diff --git a/test/parse.js b/test/parse.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b6aa8e0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/parse.js
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+const { parse } = require('../dist');
+
+// https://github.com/taoqf/node-html-parser/issues/38
+describe('HTML Parser', function () {
+	it('should parse text element', function () {
+		const root = parse('foo bar<div>aaa</div>');
+		root.toString().should.eql('foo bar<div>aaa</div>');
+	});
+	it('should parse pure text element', function () {
+		const root = parse('foo bar');
+		root.toString().should.eql('foo bar');
+	});
+})