diff --git a/google_analytics/templates/google_analytics/analytics_template.html b/google_analytics/templates/google_analytics/analytics_template.html
index 4bf6b69..4cf0288 100644
--- a/google_analytics/templates/google_analytics/analytics_template.html
+++ b/google_analytics/templates/google_analytics/analytics_template.html
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@
 var ga = document.createElement('script');
 ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 'https://ssl' : 'http://www') + '.google-analytics.com/ga.js';
 ga.setAttribute('async', 'true');
-document.documentElement.firstChild.appendChild(ga);
+
+// Avoid problems if the document doesn't actually contain a HEAD element:
+var container = document.getElementsByTagName("head")[0] || document.body;
+container.appendChild(ga);
 })();
 </script>
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