diff --git a/specs/fulldoc/boot.js b/specs/fulldoc/boot.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..701d3f93
--- /dev/null
+++ b/specs/fulldoc/boot.js
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+
+/**
+ * @author thatcher
+ */
+var myprint = print;
+load('dist/env.rhino.js');
+
+
+Envjs({
+    scriptTypes: { "text/javascript": true },
+});
+window.location = 'specs/fulldoc/index.html';
+
+var div = window.document.getElementById('qunit-testresult');
+print("DIV = " + div);
+var spans = div.getElementsByTagName('SPAN')
+
+var summary = {};
+for (var i = 0; i < spans.length; ++i) {
+    var clazz = spans[i].getAttribute('class');
+    summary[clazz] = parseInt(spans[i].textContent);
+    print(clazz + ' = ' + summary[clazz]);
+}
diff --git a/specs/fulldoc/index.html b/specs/fulldoc/index.html
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c3e4c85b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/specs/fulldoc/index.html
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+<?xml encoding='utf-8'?>
+<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd">
+<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="eng" dir="ltr">
+    <head profile="http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearch/1.1/">
+        <title>Envjs Parser Spec</title>
+
+        <link rel="stylesheet"
+              media="screen"
+              href="../qunit.css"/>
+
+        <script src="../qunit.js"
+                type="text/javascript" ></script>
+
+        <script src="spec.js"
+                type="text/javascript" ></script>
+
+
+    </head>
+    <body id="body">
+        <h1 id="qunit-header">
+            <img src="../fixtures/images/icon-green.png"/>
+            <span>Envjs Parser Spec</span>
+        </h1>
+        <h2  id="qunit-banner"></h2>
+        <h2  id="qunit-userAgent"></h2>
+        <div id='qunit-testrunner-toolbar'></div>
+        <div id='qunit-test-summary'>
+            <ol id='qunit-tests'></ol>
+        </div>
+        <div id="qunit-main" style="display:none;">
+            <!--
+                Test HTML here:
+
+                not required to be in here but it makes it convenient
+                by convention to avoid having to look at the html
+                artifacts the test may require or have generated as
+                a side effect.
+            -->
+        </div>
+    </body>
+</html>
diff --git a/specs/fulldoc/spec.js b/specs/fulldoc/spec.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b4b26bd8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/specs/fulldoc/spec.js
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+QUnit.module('integration');
+
+/**
+ * This is very different from the other tests in that the "work"
+ * in done, //outside// of a test().  The test() just check the
+ * final results.  This is needed since the tests must run in
+ * <head> tag of the main document.
+ */
+
+var isenvjs;
+try {
+    isenvjs = runningUnderEnvjs();
+} catch (e) {
+    isenvjs= false;
+}
+/**
+ * If a script in running in <head>, then document.body === null
+ *
+ * Due to frame scoping rules, we have indirectly make the test.
+ * What we are really doing is this:
+ * <html><head><script>
+ *   ok(document.body === null);
+ * </script><head><body></body></html>
+ */
+document.bodyinhead = document.body;
+
+/**
+ * in <head>
+ *   Create a new <script> element attached to <head>
+ *   It should be run immediately(?)
+ *
+ */
+var s = document.createElement('script');
+s.type = "text/javascript";
+s.text = "document.fired = true;";
+document.documentElement.getElementsByTagName("head")[0].appendChild(s)
+
+test('document.body is null in head', function() {
+    expect(1);
+    ok(document.bodyinhead === null, 'doc.body === null');
+});
+
+test('added new script to head from head', function() {
+    expect(1);
+    ok(document.fired === true, 'appended script element ran');
+});
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diff --git a/src/html/document.js b/src/html/document.js
index b2619a70..2c6aa719 100644
--- a/src/html/document.js
+++ b/src/html/document.js
@@ -234,27 +234,23 @@ __extend__(HTMLDocument.prototype, {
         title.textContent = titleStr;
     },
 
-    get body(){
-        //console.log('get body');
-        if (!this.documentElement) {
-            this.appendChild(this.createElement('html'));
-        }
-        var body,
-        element = this.documentElement,
-        length = element.childNodes.length,
-        i;
-        //check for the presence of the head element in this html doc
-        for(i=0;i<length;i++){
-            if(element.childNodes[i].nodeType === Node.ELEMENT_NODE){
-                if(element.childNodes[i].tagName.toLowerCase() === 'body'){
-                    return element.childNodes[i];
-                }
+    get body() {
+        var element = this.documentElement,
+            length = element.childNodes.length,
+            i;
+        for (i=0; i<length; i++) {
+            if (element.childNodes[i].nodeType === Node.ELEMENT_NODE &&
+                element.childNodes[i].tagName === 'BODY') {
+                return element.childNodes[i];
             }
         }
-        //no head?  ugh bad news html.. I guess we'll force the issue?
-        return element.appendChild(this.createElement('body'));
+        return null;
     },
-    set body(){console.log('set body');/**in firefox this is a benevolent do nothing*/},
+    set body() {
+        /* in firefox this is a benevolent do nothing*/
+        console.log('set body');
+    },
+
     get cookie(){
         return Envjs.getCookies(this.location+'');
     },
@@ -391,9 +387,22 @@ Aspect.around({
     //             node.namespaceURI, node.nodeName, node);
     switch(doc.parsing){
         case true:
-            //handled by parser if included
-            //console.log('html document in parse mode');
-            break;
+
+        /**
+         * Very special case.  While in parsing mode, in head, a
+         * script can add another script tag to the head, and it will
+         * be evaluated.  This is tested in 'ant fulldoc-spec' tests.
+         *
+         * Not quite sure if the require that the new script tag must
+         * be in the head is correct or not.  NamespaceURI == null
+         * might also need to corrected too.
+         */
+        if (node.namespaceURI === null &&
+            node.tagName === 'SCRIPT' &&
+            this.tagName == 'HEAD') {
+            okay = Envjs.loadLocalScript(node, null);
+        }
+        break;
         case false:
             switch(node.namespaceURI){
                 case null:
@@ -459,7 +468,7 @@ Aspect.around({
                             console.log('error loading html element %s %e', node, e.toString());
                         }
                         break;
-        
+
                     case 'link':
                         if (node.href && node.href.length > 0) {
                             __loadLink__(node, node.href);
@@ -627,4 +636,3 @@ var __removeNamedMap__ = function(target, node) {
         delete target[nodename];
     }
 };
-    
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