diff --git a/lib/socket.js b/lib/socket.js
index c20759f148..f2d3488f47 100644
--- a/lib/socket.js
+++ b/lib/socket.js
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@
 
     if (this.isXDomain()) {
       var insertAt = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]
-        , script = document.createElement('SCRIPT');
+        , script = document.createElement('script');
 
       script.src = url + '&jsonp=' + io.j.length;
       insertAt.parentNode.insertBefore(script, insertAt);
diff --git a/lib/transports/jsonp-polling.js b/lib/transports/jsonp-polling.js
index 573d796135..c69643bdda 100644
--- a/lib/transports/jsonp-polling.js
+++ b/lib/transports/jsonp-polling.js
@@ -68,8 +68,8 @@
         );
 
     if (!this.form) {
-      var form = document.createElement('FORM')
-        , area = document.createElement('TEXTAREA')
+      var form = document.createElement('form')
+        , area = document.createElement('textarea')
         , id = this.iframeId = 'socketio_iframe_' + this.index
         , iframe;
 
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@
 
   JSONPPolling.prototype.get = function () {
     var self = this
-      , script = document.createElement('SCRIPT')
+      , script = document.createElement('script')
       , query = io.util.query(
              this.socket.options.query
           , 't='+ (+new Date) + '&i=' + this.index