:bug: Fixed bug where starting passing in an existing element to App.start was not handled properly.

1 files changed, 5 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/lib/src/lustre.ffi.mjs b/lib/src/lustre.ffi.mjs
index c7008ed..9181fd5 100644
--- a/lib/src/lustre.ffi.mjs
+++ b/lib/src/lustre.ffi.mjs
@@ -35,13 +35,15 @@ export class App {
     if (!is_browser()) return new Error(new NotABrowser());
     if (this.#root) return new Error(new AppAlreadyStarted());
 
-    const el = document.querySelector(selector);
+    this.$root =
+      selector instanceof HTMLElement
+        ? selector
+        : document.querySelector(selector);
 
-    if (!el) return new Error(new ElementNotFound());
+    if (!this.$root) return new Error(new ElementNotFound());
 
     const [next, effects] = this.#init(flags);
 
-    this.#root = el;
     this.#state = next;
     this.#effects = effects[0].toArray();
     this.#didUpdate = true;