diff --git a/src/_h5ai/public/js/scripts.js b/src/_h5ai/public/js/scripts.js
index 0fee1865..981242aa 100644
--- a/src/_h5ai/public/js/scripts.js
+++ b/src/_h5ai/public/js/scripts.js
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 (function () {
 
 if (function () {
-    var div = document.createElement('div');
-    div.innerHTML = '<!--[if lt IE 10]><br><![endif]-->';
-    return div.getElementsByTagName('br').length;
+    var el = document.createElement('i');
+    el.innerHTML = '<!--[if lt IE 10]><br><![endif]-->';
+    return el.getElementsByTagName('br').length;
 }()) {
     document.documentElement.className = 'js no-browser';
     return;