diff --git a/enyo.js b/enyo.js
index 7683e4999..d9057c1d5 100644
--- a/enyo.js
+++ b/enyo.js
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 		enyo.args.root = (enyo.args.root || tag.path); /*.replace("/source", "")*/;
 		// all attributes of the bootstrap script tag become enyo.args
 		for (var i=0, it; (it = tag.node.attributes.item(i)); i++) {
-			enyo.args[it.nodeName] = it.nodeValue;
+			enyo.args[it.nodeName] = it.value;
 		}
 	}