diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/kweb/ElementCreator.kt b/src/main/kotlin/kweb/ElementCreator.kt
index 47076d309..38464c857 100755
--- a/src/main/kotlin/kweb/ElementCreator.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/kweb/ElementCreator.kt
@@ -67,10 +67,6 @@ open class ElementCreator<out PARENT_TYPE : Element>(
 
         val id: String = mutAttributes.computeIfAbsent("id") { JsonPrimitive("K" + browser.generateId()) }.content
         val htmlDoc = browser.htmlDocument.get()
-        val createElementStatement = when (namespace) {
-            null -> "document.createElement(tag);"
-            else -> "document.createElementNS(\"${namespace}\", tag);"
-        }
         when {
             htmlDoc != null -> {
                 val parentElement = when (element) {
@@ -92,6 +88,7 @@ open class ElementCreator<out PARENT_TYPE : Element>(
             }
 
             element.browser.isCatchingOutbound() != null -> {
+
                 //language=JavaScript
                 val createElementJs = """
 let tag = {};
@@ -99,7 +96,8 @@ let attributes = {};
 let myId = {};
 let parentId = {};
 let insertBefore = {};
-let newEl = $createElementStatement
+let namespace = {};
+let newEl = namespace ? document.createElementNS(namespace, tag) : document.createElement(tag);
 newEl.setAttribute("id", myId);
 for (const key in attributes) {
     if ( key !== "id") {
@@ -114,10 +112,11 @@ if (insertBefore !== undefined) {
 } else {
     parentElement.appendChild(newEl);
 }
-                """
+"""
+
                 browser.callJsFunction(
-                    createElementJs, JsonPrimitive(tag), JsonObject(mutAttributes), id.json,
-                    JsonPrimitive(element.id), JsonPrimitive(insertBefore ?: ""), JsonPrimitive(elementsCreatedCount)
+                    createElementJs, JsonPrimitive(tag), JsonObject(mutAttributes), JsonPrimitive(id),
+                    JsonPrimitive(element.id), JsonPrimitive(insertBefore ?: ""), JsonPrimitive(elementsCreatedCount), JsonPrimitive(namespace ?: "")
                 )
             }
 
@@ -130,12 +129,13 @@ let attributes = {};
 let myId = {};
 let parentId = {};
 let insertBefore = {};
-let newEl = document.createElement(tag);
-if (attributes["id"] === undefined) {
+let namespace = {};
+let newEl = namespace ? document.createElementNS(namespace, tag) : document.createElement(tag);
+if (!attributes["id"]) {
     newEl.setAttribute("id", myId);
 }
 for (const key in attributes) {
-        newEl.setAttribute(key, attributes[key]);
+    newEl.setAttribute(key, attributes[key]);
 }
 let parentElement = document.getElementById(parentId);
 let startNode = document.getElementById(insertBefore)
@@ -145,10 +145,10 @@ if (insertBefore !== undefined) {
 } else {
     parentElement.appendChild(newEl);
 }
-                """
+"""
                 element.browser.callJsFunction(
                     createElementJs, tag.json, JsonObject(mutAttributes), id.json,
-                    element.id.json, JsonPrimitive(insertBefore ?: ""), JsonPrimitive(elementsCreatedCount)
+                    element.id.json, JsonPrimitive(insertBefore ?: ""), JsonPrimitive(elementsCreatedCount), JsonPrimitive(namespace ?: "")
                 )
             }
         }
diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/kweb/WebBrowser.kt b/src/main/kotlin/kweb/WebBrowser.kt
index d8daf07e5..fb202239b 100755
--- a/src/main/kotlin/kweb/WebBrowser.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/kweb/WebBrowser.kt
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ class WebBrowser(val sessionId: String, val httpRequestInfo: HttpRequestInfo, va
         if (outboundMessageCatcher == null) {
             kweb.callJs(sessionId, functionCall, debugInfo)
         } else {
-            logger.debug("Temporarily storing message for $sessionId in threadlocal outboundMessageCatcher")
+            logger.debug("Temporarily storing message for $sessionId in threadlocal outboundMessageCatcher type ${outboundMessageCatcher.catcherType}")
             outboundMessageCatcher.functionList.add(functionCall)
             //If we are collecting calls for an immediate event, we run the risk of the client calling JS code that has yet to be cached
             //A functionCall object having a non null js parameter, means the function has not been cached.
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ class WebBrowser(val sessionId: String, val httpRequestInfo: HttpRequestInfo, va
         if (outboundMessageCatcher == null) {
             kweb.callJs(sessionId, functionCall, debugInfo)
         } else {
-            logger.debug("Temporarily storing message for $sessionId in threadlocal outboundMessageCatcher")
+            logger.debug("Temporarily storing message for $sessionId in threadlocal outboundMessageCatcher type ${outboundMessageCatcher.catcherType}")
             outboundMessageCatcher.functionList.add(functionCall)
             if (outboundMessageCatcher.catcherType == CatcherType.IMMEDIATE_EVENT) {
                 if (functionCall.js != null) {
diff --git a/src/test/kotlin/kweb/demos/todo/TodoDemoTest.kt b/src/test/kotlin/kweb/demos/todo/TodoDemoTest.kt
index 9e9f8dc0b..375cdfaa3 100755
--- a/src/test/kotlin/kweb/demos/todo/TodoDemoTest.kt
+++ b/src/test/kotlin/kweb/demos/todo/TodoDemoTest.kt
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ package kweb.demos.todo
 
 import io.github.bonigarcia.seljup.Options
 import io.github.bonigarcia.seljup.SeleniumJupiter
+import io.kotest.matchers.ints.shouldBeExactly
+import io.kotest.matchers.ints.shouldBeGreaterThan
 import io.kotest.matchers.shouldBe
 import io.kotest.matchers.shouldNotBe
 import io.ktor.util.*
@@ -64,8 +66,10 @@ class TodoDemoTest {
         val todoItem = "Right eyelids closed, both feet behind"
         val site = TodoSite(driver)
         site.addTodoItem(todoItem)
-        await().pollInSameThread().untilAsserted {
-            site.driver.findElement(By.xpath("//${"div"}[text()='$todoItem']")).isDisplayed shouldBe true
+        await().untilAsserted {
+            val matchingCount = site.driver.findElements(By.xpath("//div[@class='content']"))
+                .count { it.text.contains(todoItem) }
+            matchingCount shouldBeExactly 1
         }
     }
 
@@ -84,9 +88,10 @@ class TodoDemoTest {
         site.addTodoItem(todoItem)
 
         //make sure it appears for second driver
-        await().pollInSameThread().untilAsserted {
-            site2.driver.findElement(By.xpath("//${"div"}[text()='$todoItem']")).isDisplayed shouldBe true
-        }
+        await().untilAsserted {
+            val matchingCount = site.driver.findElements(By.xpath("//div[@class='content']"))
+                .count { it.text.contains(todoItem) }
+            matchingCount shouldBeExactly 1        }
     }
 
     @Test