diff --git a/packages/clipper/src/styles.ts b/packages/clipper/src/styles.ts
index 79254a391..61f238050 100644
--- a/packages/clipper/src/styles.ts
+++ b/packages/clipper/src/styles.ts
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import { constructUrl, FetchOptions } from "./fetch";
 import { compare, calculate, SpecificityArray } from "specificity";
 import { tokenize } from "./css-tokenizer";
 import { stringify, parse, SelectorType } from "css-what";
+import { safeQuerySelectorAll } from "./utils";
 
 const SHORTHANDS = [
   "animation",
@@ -186,7 +187,8 @@ function walkRules(
 
         for (const selector of selectors) {
           if (!selector || !selector.selector.trim()) continue;
-          const elements = document.querySelectorAll(
+          const elements = safeQuerySelectorAll(
+            document,
             selector.selector
           ) as NodeListOf<StyleableElement>;
 
@@ -210,7 +212,8 @@ function walkRules(
         }
       }
 
-      const elements = document.querySelectorAll(
+      const elements = safeQuerySelectorAll(
+        document,
         rule.selectorText
       ) as NodeListOf<StyleableElement>;
 
diff --git a/packages/clipper/src/utils.ts b/packages/clipper/src/utils.ts
index 24978f9f4..8e3432551 100644
--- a/packages/clipper/src/utils.ts
+++ b/packages/clipper/src/utils.ts
@@ -165,6 +165,14 @@ function getRootStylesheet() {
   return null;
 }
 
+function safeQuerySelectorAll(root: Node, selector: string) {
+  try {
+    return (root as HTMLElement).querySelectorAll(selector);
+  } catch (e) {
+    return new NodeList();
+  }
+}
+
 export {
   injectCss,
   escape,
@@ -179,5 +187,6 @@ export {
   asArray,
   escapeXhtml,
   width,
-  height
+  height,
+  safeQuerySelectorAll
 };