diff --git a/core/modules/new_widgets/element.js b/core/modules/new_widgets/element.js
index 2a65789cd..a87ad922d 100755
--- a/core/modules/new_widgets/element.js
+++ b/core/modules/new_widgets/element.js
@@ -44,7 +44,8 @@ ElementWidget.prototype.execute = function() {
 	// Select the namespace for the tag
 	var tagNamespaces = {
 			svg: "http://www.w3.org/2000/svg",
-			math: "http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"
+			math: "http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML",
+			body: "http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"
 		};
 	this.namespace = tagNamespaces[this.parseTreeNode.tag];
 	if(this.namespace) {