diff --git a/resource/record.rkt b/resource/record.rkt
index 0c817f5..c22ed5f 100644
--- a/resource/record.rkt
+++ b/resource/record.rkt
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 #lang racket/base
-(require racket/port)
 
 (provide record-resource
          get-records)
@@ -15,6 +14,21 @@
   (hash-ref records a-path '()))
 
 
+;; Hack to work around bug that should be fixed after 5.1.3.  The dynamic
+;; require-for-syntax stuff isn't quite working right, which means
+;; we can't use (require racket/port) here.
+(define (port->bytes p)
+  (define out (open-output-bytes))
+  (let loop ()
+    (define b (read-byte p))
+    (cond
+     [(eof-object? b)
+      (get-output-bytes out)]
+     [else
+      (write-byte b out)
+      (loop)])))
+
+
 ;; record-javascript-implementation!: path path a-resource-path -> void
 (define (record-resource a-module-path a-resource-path a-key)
   (hash-set! records a-module-path
diff --git a/web-world/js-impl.js b/web-world/js-impl.js
index 22e5b8f..c17f14f 100644
--- a/web-world/js-impl.js
+++ b/web-world/js-impl.js
@@ -37,7 +37,11 @@
 
         // FIXME: we should pull in the styles applied to body and its
         // children and apply them here?
-        top.append(this.top.find("body").children());
+        if (this.top.find("body").length > 0) {
+            top.append(this.top.find("body").children());
+        } else {
+            top.append(this.top);
+        }
     };
 
     // Return a list of the event sources from the view.