diff --git a/src/nodes/html.ts b/src/nodes/html.ts
index 6d60587..6a814a2 100644
--- a/src/nodes/html.ts
+++ b/src/nodes/html.ts
@@ -1022,7 +1022,9 @@ export function base_parse(data: string, options = {} as Partial<Options>) {
 		style: true,
 		pre: true,
 	};
-	const element_names = Object.keys(elements);
+	const element_names = Object.keys(elements).filter((name) => {
+		return Boolean(elements[name]);
+	});
 	const kBlockTextElements = element_names.map((it) => new RegExp(`^${it}$`, 'i'));
 	const kIgnoreElements = element_names.filter((it) => elements[it]).map((it) => new RegExp(`^${it}$`, 'i'));
 
diff --git a/test/tests/issues/242.js b/test/tests/issues/242.js
index 231ee98..21065fd 100644
--- a/test/tests/issues/242.js
+++ b/test/tests/issues/242.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 const { parse } = require('@test/test-target');
 
-describe('issue 242', function () {
+describe.only('issue 242', function () {
 	it(`a.rawAttrs returns 'href="/" rel="home"' but a.getAttribute("href') returns undefined`, function () {
 		const html = `<div><a href="/" rel="home">Git Hub</a></div>`;
 		const root = parse(html);
@@ -10,4 +10,20 @@ describe('issue 242', function () {
 		a.rawAttrs.should.eql('href="/" rel="home"');
 		a.getAttribute('href').should.eql('/');
 	});
+	it(`get code`, function () {
+		const html = `<pre>
+  <code>test</code>
+</pre>`;
+		const root = parse(html, {
+			blockTextElements: {
+				script: true,
+				noscript: true,
+				style: true,
+				pre: false
+			}
+		});
+		const list = root.getElementsByTagName("code");
+		const [code] = list;
+		code.text.should.eql('test');
+	});
 });