diff --git a/render/render.js b/render/render.js
index a387e687..50d2404c 100644
--- a/render/render.js
+++ b/render/render.js
@@ -356,7 +356,7 @@ module.exports = function($window) {
 				}
 			}
 			if (vnode.dom.parentNode != null) parent.removeChild(vnode.dom)
-			if (context != null && vnode.domSize == null && !hasIntegrationMethods(vnode.attrs) && typeof vnode.tag === "string" && vnode.tag !== "<") { //TODO test custom elements
+			if (context != null && vnode.domSize == null && !hasIntegrationMethods(vnode.attrs) && typeof vnode.tag === "string") { //TODO test custom elements
 				if (!context.pool) context.pool = [vnode]
 				else context.pool.push(vnode)
 			}