diff --git a/src/html/script.js b/src/html/script.js
index 7621be2..aec7f18 100644
--- a/src/html/script.js
+++ b/src/html/script.js
@@ -16,7 +16,15 @@ var HTMLScriptElement = function(ownerDocument) {
 HTMLScriptElement.prototype = new HTMLElement;
 __extend__(HTMLScriptElement.prototype, {
     get text(){
-		if (this.childNodes.length == 1 && this.childNodes[0].nodeType == DOMNode.TEXT_NODE) {
+		// text of script is in a child node of the element
+		// scripts with < operator must be in a CDATA node
+		for (var i=0; i<this.childNodes.length; i++) {
+			if (this.childNodes[i].nodeType == DOMNode.CDATA_SECTION_NODE) {
+				return this.childNodes[i].nodeValue;
+			}
+		} 
+		// otherwise there will be a text node containing the script
+		if (this.childNodes[0] && this.childNodes[0].nodeType == DOMNode.TEXT_NODE) {
 			return this.childNodes[0].nodeValue;
 		}
         return this.nodeValue;