diff --git a/mithril.js b/mithril.js
index d3f6fde6..d727537f 100644
--- a/mithril.js
+++ b/mithril.js
@@ -226,7 +226,8 @@ Mithril = m = new function app(window, undefined) {
 			else if (data.tag === "svg") namespace = "http://www.w3.org/2000/svg";
 			else if (data.tag === "math") namespace = "http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML";
 			if (isNew) {
-				node = namespace === undefined ? window.document.createElement(data.tag, data.attrs.is) : window.document.createElementNS(namespace, data.tag, data.attrs.is);
+				if (data.attrs.is) node = namespace === undefined ? $document.createElement(data.tag, data.attrs.is) : $document.createElementNS(namespace, data.tag, data.attrs.is);
+				else node = namespace === undefined ? $document.createElement(data.tag) : $document.createElementNS(namespace, data.tag);
 				cached = {
 					tag: data.tag,
 					//set attributes first, then create children