diff --git a/src/HtmlSanitizer/HtmlSanitizer.cs b/src/HtmlSanitizer/HtmlSanitizer.cs
index be9755e..90f6015 100644
--- a/src/HtmlSanitizer/HtmlSanitizer.cs
+++ b/src/HtmlSanitizer/HtmlSanitizer.cs
@@ -462,8 +462,7 @@ namespace Ganss.XSS
public IHtmlDocument SanitizeDom(string html, string baseUrl = "")
{
var parser = HtmlParserFactory();
- var dom = parser.Parse("");
- dom.Body.InnerHtml = html;
+ var dom = parser.Parse("" + html);
DoSanitize(dom, dom.Body, baseUrl);