diff --git a/examples/hello-css.css b/examples/hello-css.css
index 95f2eae..1ef59eb 100644
--- a/examples/hello-css.css
+++ b/examples/hello-css.css
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-h1 {
-    background: blue
+body {
+    background-color: blue
 }
diff --git a/examples/hello-css.rkt b/examples/hello-css.rkt
index ba1c99e..46528f6 100644
--- a/examples/hello-css.rkt
+++ b/examples/hello-css.rkt
@@ -2,7 +2,11 @@
 (require (planet dyoo/whalesong/web-world)
          (planet dyoo/whalesong/resource))
 
-(define-resource "hello-css.css")
-(define-resource "hello-css-main.html")
+(define-resource hello-css.css)
+(define-resource hello-css-main.html)
 
-(big-bang 0 (initial-view hello-css-main.html))
+(big-bang 0
+          (initial-view hello-css-main.html)
+          (to-draw (lambda (w v) v)))
+
+"done"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/web-world/js-impl.js b/web-world/js-impl.js
index a721c48..5622eb1 100644
--- a/web-world/js-impl.js
+++ b/web-world/js-impl.js
@@ -569,16 +569,16 @@
     var defaultToRender = function(){};
  
    View.prototype.initialRender = function(top) {
-        $(top).empty();
-        // Special case: if this.top is an html, we merge into the
-        // existing page.
-        if ($(this.top).children("title").length !== 0) {
-             $(document.head).find('title').remove();
-        }
-        $(document.head).append($(this.top).children("title"));
-        $(document.head).append($(this.top).children("link"));
-
-        $(top).append(this.top);
+       $(top).empty();
+       // Special case: if this.top is an html, we merge into the
+       // existing page.
+       if ($(this.top).children("title").length !== 0) {
+           $(document.head).find('title').remove();
+       }
+       $(document.head).append($(this.top).children("title").clone(true));
+       $(document.head).append($(this.top).children("link").clone(true));
+       
+       $(top).append($(this.top).clone(true));
 
        // The snip here is meant to accomodate weirdness with canvas dom
        // elements.  cloning a canvas doesn't preserve how it draws.
@@ -631,8 +631,9 @@
 
 
     var parseStringAsHtml = function(str) {
-        var dom = $('<div/>').append($(str));
-        return dom;
+        var div = document.createElement("div");
+        div.innerHTML = str;
+        return $(div);
     };