1 files changed, 3 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/htmx.js b/src/htmx.js
index 1f0b622f..bebe3785 100644
--- a/src/htmx.js
+++ b/src/htmx.js
@@ -1626,6 +1626,9 @@ var htmx = (function() {
    * @param {HtmxSettleInfo} settleInfo
    */
   function swapOuterHTML(target, fragment, settleInfo) {
+    if (target.tagName === "BODY") { // special case the body to innerHTML because DocumentFragments can't contain a body elt unfortunately
+      return swapInnerHTML(target, fragment, settleInfo);
+    }
     /** @type {Node} */
     let newElt
     const eltBeforeNewContent = target.previousSibling