diff --git a/src/machine/system_calls.rs b/src/machine/system_calls.rs
index a092633e..6dad3152 100644
--- a/src/machine/system_calls.rs
+++ b/src/machine/system_calls.rs
@@ -7758,7 +7758,7 @@ impl Machine {
             .value_to_str_like(self.machine_st.registers[1])
         {
             let document = scraper::Html::parse_document(&string.as_str());
-            let result = self.html_node_to_term(document.tree.root());
+            let result = self.html_node_to_term(document.tree.root().first_child().unwrap());
 
             unify!(self.machine_st, self.machine_st.registers[2], result);
         } else {