diff --git a/src/dom/basicdom/element-registry.ts b/src/dom/basicdom/element-registry.ts
index ae789227..cf2d5066 100644
--- a/src/dom/basicdom/element-registry.ts
+++ b/src/dom/basicdom/element-registry.ts
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ export function registerElement(elementName: string, resolver: () => ElementNode
 
 export function createElement(elementName: string, owner?: DocumentNode): ElementNode {
     if (!owner) {
-        owner = document as unknown as DocumentNode;
+        owner = window.document as unknown as DocumentNode;
     }
     const normalizedName = normalizeElementName(elementName);
     const elementDefinition = elementMap[normalizedName];