diff --git a/components/prism-core.js b/components/prism-core.js
index f34bcaede7..2f1b7e974c 100644
--- a/components/prism-core.js
+++ b/components/prism-core.js
@@ -184,11 +184,13 @@ var _ = _self.Prism = {
 		// Set language on the element, if not present
 		element.className = element.className.replace(lang, '').replace(/\s+/g, ' ') + ' language-' + language;
 
-		// Set language on the parent, for styling
-		parent = element.parentNode;
+		if (element.parentNode) {
+			// Set language on the parent, for styling
+			parent = element.parentNode;
 
-		if (/pre/i.test(parent.nodeName)) {
-			parent.className = parent.className.replace(lang, '').replace(/\s+/g, ' ') + ' language-' + language;
+			if (/pre/i.test(parent.nodeName)) {
+				parent.className = parent.className.replace(lang, '').replace(/\s+/g, ' ') + ' language-' + language;
+			}
 		}
 
 		var code = element.textContent;
diff --git a/components/prism-core.min.js b/components/prism-core.min.js
index 36a0d8b1e1..f785fdb497 100644
--- a/components/prism-core.min.js
+++ b/components/prism-core.min.js
@@ -1 +1 @@
-var _self="undefined"!=typeof window?window:"undefined"!=typeof WorkerGlobalScope&&self instanceof WorkerGlobalScope?self:{},Prism=function(){var e=/\blang(?:uage)?-(\w+)\b/i,t=0,n=_self.Prism={manual:_self.Prism&&_self.Prism.manual,util:{encode:function(e){return e instanceof a?new a(e.type,n.util.encode(e.content),e.alias):"Array"===n.util.type(e)?e.map(n.util.encode):e.replace(/&/g,"&amp;").replace(/</g,"&lt;").replace(/\u00a0/g," ")},type:function(e){return Object.prototype.toString.call(e).match(/\[object (\w+)\]/)[1]},objId:function(e){return e.__id||Object.defineProperty(e,"__id",{value:++t}),e.__id},clone:function(e){var t=n.util.type(e);switch(t){case"Object":var a={};for(var r in e)e.hasOwnProperty(r)&&(a[r]=n.util.clone(e[r]));return a;case"Array":return e.map(function(e){return n.util.clone(e)})}return e}},languages:{extend:function(e,t){var a=n.util.clone(n.languages[e]);for(var r in t)a[r]=t[r];return a},insertBefore:function(e,t,a,r){r=r||n.languages;var i=r[e];if(2==arguments.length){a=arguments[1];for(var l in a)a.hasOwnProperty(l)&&(i[l]=a[l]);return i}var o={};for(var s in i)if(i.hasOwnProperty(s)){if(s==t)for(var l in a)a.hasOwnProperty(l)&&(o[l]=a[l]);o[s]=i[s]}return n.languages.DFS(n.languages,function(t,n){n===r[e]&&t!=e&&(this[t]=o)}),r[e]=o},DFS:function(e,t,a,r){r=r||{};for(var i in e)e.hasOwnProperty(i)&&(t.call(e,i,e[i],a||i),"Object"!==n.util.type(e[i])||r[n.util.objId(e[i])]?"Array"!==n.util.type(e[i])||r[n.util.objId(e[i])]||(r[n.util.objId(e[i])]=!0,n.languages.DFS(e[i],t,i,r)):(r[n.util.objId(e[i])]=!0,n.languages.DFS(e[i],t,null,r)))}},plugins:{},highlightAll:function(e,t){var a={callback:t,selector:'code[class*="language-"], [class*="language-"] code, code[class*="lang-"], [class*="lang-"] code'};n.hooks.run("before-highlightall",a);for(var r,i=a.elements||document.querySelectorAll(a.selector),l=0;r=i[l++];)n.highlightElement(r,e===!0,a.callback)},highlightElement:function(t,a,r){for(var i,l,o=t;o&&!e.test(o.className);)o=o.parentNode;o&&(i=(o.className.match(e)||[,""])[1].toLowerCase(),l=n.languages[i]),t.className=t.className.replace(e,"").replace(/\s+/g," ")+" language-"+i,o=t.parentNode,/pre/i.test(o.nodeName)&&(o.className=o.className.replace(e,"").replace(/\s+/g," ")+" language-"+i);var s=t.textContent,u={element:t,language:i,grammar:l,code:s};if(n.hooks.run("before-sanity-check",u),!u.code||!u.grammar)return u.code&&(n.hooks.run("before-highlight",u),u.element.textContent=u.code,n.hooks.run("after-highlight",u)),n.hooks.run("complete",u),void 0;if(n.hooks.run("before-highlight",u),a&&_self.Worker){var g=new Worker(n.filename);g.onmessage=function(e){u.highlightedCode=e.data,n.hooks.run("before-insert",u),u.element.innerHTML=u.highlightedCode,r&&r.call(u.element),n.hooks.run("after-highlight",u),n.hooks.run("complete",u)},g.postMessage(JSON.stringify({language:u.language,code:u.code,immediateClose:!0}))}else u.highlightedCode=n.highlight(u.code,u.grammar,u.language),n.hooks.run("before-insert",u),u.element.innerHTML=u.highlightedCode,r&&r.call(t),n.hooks.run("after-highlight",u),n.hooks.run("complete",u)},highlight:function(e,t,r){var i=n.tokenize(e,t);return a.stringify(n.util.encode(i),r)},matchGrammar:function(e,t,a,r,i,l,o){var s=n.Token;for(var u in a)if(a.hasOwnProperty(u)&&a[u]){if(u==o)return;var g=a[u];g="Array"===n.util.type(g)?g:[g];for(var c=0;c<g.length;++c){var h=g[c],f=h.inside,d=!!h.lookbehind,m=!!h.greedy,p=0,y=h.alias;if(m&&!h.pattern.global){var v=h.pattern.toString().match(/[imuy]*$/)[0];h.pattern=RegExp(h.pattern.source,v+"g")}h=h.pattern||h;for(var b=r,k=i;b<t.length;k+=t[b].length,++b){var w=t[b];if(t.length>e.length)return;if(!(w instanceof s)){h.lastIndex=0;var _=h.exec(w),P=1;if(!_&&m&&b!=t.length-1){if(h.lastIndex=k,_=h.exec(e),!_)break;for(var 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e;if("Array"===n.util.type(e))return e.map(function(n){return a.stringify(n,t,e)}).join("");var i={type:e.type,content:a.stringify(e.content,t,r),tag:"span",classes:["token",e.type],attributes:{},language:t,parent:r};if(e.alias){var l="Array"===n.util.type(e.alias)?e.alias:[e.alias];Array.prototype.push.apply(i.classes,l)}n.hooks.run("wrap",i);var o=Object.keys(i.attributes).map(function(e){return e+'="'+(i.attributes[e]||"").replace(/"/g,"&quot;")+'"'}).join(" ");return"<"+i.tag+' class="'+i.classes.join(" ")+'"'+(o?" "+o:"")+">"+i.content+"</"+i.tag+">"},!_self.document)return _self.addEventListener?(_self.addEventListener("message",function(e){var t=JSON.parse(e.data),a=t.language,r=t.code,i=t.immediateClose;_self.postMessage(n.highlight(r,n.languages[a],a)),i&&_self.close()},!1),_self.Prism):_self.Prism;var r=document.currentScript||[].slice.call(document.getElementsByTagName("script")).pop();return r&&(n.filename=r.src,n.manual||r.hasAttribute("data-manual")||("loading"!==document.readyState?window.requestAnimationFrame?window.requestAnimationFrame(n.highlightAll):window.setTimeout(n.highlightAll,16):document.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",n.highlightAll))),_self.Prism}();"undefined"!=typeof module&&module.exports&&(module.exports=Prism),"undefined"!=typeof global&&(global.Prism=Prism);
\ No newline at end of file
+var _self="undefined"!=typeof window?window:"undefined"!=typeof WorkerGlobalScope&&self instanceof WorkerGlobalScope?self:{},Prism=function(){var e=/\blang(?:uage)?-(\w+)\b/i,t=0,n=_self.Prism={manual:_self.Prism&&_self.Prism.manual,util:{encode:function(e){return e instanceof a?new a(e.type,n.util.encode(e.content),e.alias):"Array"===n.util.type(e)?e.map(n.util.encode):e.replace(/&/g,"&amp;").replace(/</g,"&lt;").replace(/\u00a0/g," ")},type:function(e){return Object.prototype.toString.call(e).match(/\[object (\w+)\]/)[1]},objId:function(e){return e.__id||Object.defineProperty(e,"__id",{value:++t}),e.__id},clone:function(e){var t=n.util.type(e);switch(t){case"Object":var a={};for(var r in e)e.hasOwnProperty(r)&&(a[r]=n.util.clone(e[r]));return a;case"Array":return e.map(function(e){return n.util.clone(e)})}return e}},languages:{extend:function(e,t){var a=n.util.clone(n.languages[e]);for(var r in t)a[r]=t[r];return a},insertBefore:function(e,t,a,r){r=r||n.languages;var i=r[e];if(2==arguments.length){a=arguments[1];for(var l in a)a.hasOwnProperty(l)&&(i[l]=a[l]);return i}var o={};for(var s in i)if(i.hasOwnProperty(s)){if(s==t)for(var l in a)a.hasOwnProperty(l)&&(o[l]=a[l]);o[s]=i[s]}return n.languages.DFS(n.languages,function(t,n){n===r[e]&&t!=e&&(this[t]=o)}),r[e]=o},DFS:function(e,t,a,r){r=r||{};for(var i in e)e.hasOwnProperty(i)&&(t.call(e,i,e[i],a||i),"Object"!==n.util.type(e[i])||r[n.util.objId(e[i])]?"Array"!==n.util.type(e[i])||r[n.util.objId(e[i])]||(r[n.util.objId(e[i])]=!0,n.languages.DFS(e[i],t,i,r)):(r[n.util.objId(e[i])]=!0,n.languages.DFS(e[i],t,null,r)))}},plugins:{},highlightAll:function(e,t){var a={callback:t,selector:'code[class*="language-"], [class*="language-"] code, code[class*="lang-"], [class*="lang-"] code'};n.hooks.run("before-highlightall",a);for(var r,i=a.elements||document.querySelectorAll(a.selector),l=0;r=i[l++];)n.highlightElement(r,e===!0,a.callback)},highlightElement:function(t,a,r){for(var i,l,o=t;o&&!e.test(o.className);)o=o.parentNode;o&&(i=(o.className.match(e)||[,""])[1].toLowerCase(),l=n.languages[i]),t.className=t.className.replace(e,"").replace(/\s+/g," ")+" language-"+i,t.parentNode&&(o=t.parentNode,/pre/i.test(o.nodeName)&&(o.className=o.className.replace(e,"").replace(/\s+/g," ")+" language-"+i));var s=t.textContent,u={element:t,language:i,grammar:l,code:s};if(n.hooks.run("before-sanity-check",u),!u.code||!u.grammar)return u.code&&(n.hooks.run("before-highlight",u),u.element.textContent=u.code,n.hooks.run("after-highlight",u)),n.hooks.run("complete",u),void 0;if(n.hooks.run("before-highlight",u),a&&_self.Worker){var g=new Worker(n.filename);g.onmessage=function(e){u.highlightedCode=e.data,n.hooks.run("before-insert",u),u.element.innerHTML=u.highlightedCode,r&&r.call(u.element),n.hooks.run("after-highlight",u),n.hooks.run("complete",u)},g.postMessage(JSON.stringify({language:u.language,code:u.code,immediateClose:!0}))}else u.highlightedCode=n.highlight(u.code,u.grammar,u.language),n.hooks.run("before-insert",u),u.element.innerHTML=u.highlightedCode,r&&r.call(t),n.hooks.run("after-highlight",u),n.hooks.run("complete",u)},highlight:function(e,t,r){var i=n.tokenize(e,t);return a.stringify(n.util.encode(i),r)},matchGrammar:function(e,t,a,r,i,l,o){var s=n.Token;for(var u in a)if(a.hasOwnProperty(u)&&a[u]){if(u==o)return;var g=a[u];g="Array"===n.util.type(g)?g:[g];for(var c=0;c<g.length;++c){var h=g[c],f=h.inside,d=!!h.lookbehind,p=!!h.greedy,m=0,y=h.alias;if(p&&!h.pattern.global){var v=h.pattern.toString().match(/[imuy]*$/)[0];h.pattern=RegExp(h.pattern.source,v+"g")}h=h.pattern||h;for(var b=r,k=i;b<t.length;k+=t[b].length,++b){var w=t[b];if(t.length>e.length)return;if(!(w instanceof s)){h.lastIndex=0;var _=h.exec(w),P=1;if(!_&&p&&b!=t.length-1){if(h.lastIndex=k,_=h.exec(e),!_)break;for(var 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"+o:"")+">"+i.content+"</"+i.tag+">"},!_self.document)return _self.addEventListener?(_self.addEventListener("message",function(e){var t=JSON.parse(e.data),a=t.language,r=t.code,i=t.immediateClose;_self.postMessage(n.highlight(r,n.languages[a],a)),i&&_self.close()},!1),_self.Prism):_self.Prism;var r=document.currentScript||[].slice.call(document.getElementsByTagName("script")).pop();return r&&(n.filename=r.src,n.manual||r.hasAttribute("data-manual")||("loading"!==document.readyState?window.requestAnimationFrame?window.requestAnimationFrame(n.highlightAll):window.setTimeout(n.highlightAll,16):document.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",n.highlightAll))),_self.Prism}();"undefined"!=typeof module&&module.exports&&(module.exports=Prism),"undefined"!=typeof global&&(global.Prism=Prism);
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diff --git a/prism.js b/prism.js
index 4fd2123a8f..691e5a8304 100644
--- a/prism.js
+++ b/prism.js
@@ -189,11 +189,13 @@ var _ = _self.Prism = {
 		// Set language on the element, if not present
 		element.className = element.className.replace(lang, '').replace(/\s+/g, ' ') + ' language-' + language;
 
-		// Set language on the parent, for styling
-		parent = element.parentNode;
+		if (element.parentNode) {
+			// Set language on the parent, for styling
+			parent = element.parentNode;
 
-		if (/pre/i.test(parent.nodeName)) {
-			parent.className = parent.className.replace(lang, '').replace(/\s+/g, ' ') + ' language-' + language;
+			if (/pre/i.test(parent.nodeName)) {
+				parent.className = parent.className.replace(lang, '').replace(/\s+/g, ' ') + ' language-' + language;
+			}
 		}
 
 		var code = element.textContent;