diff --git a/build.ts b/build.ts
index e7a0208..35bba7a 100644
--- a/build.ts
+++ b/build.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import { nodeExternalsPlugin } from 'esbuild-node-externals';
     target: 'es2017',
     logLevel: 'info',
     color: true,
-    minify: true,
+    minifySyntax: true,
     sourcemap: true,
     legalComments: 'external'
   }
diff --git a/src/utilities.ts b/src/utilities.ts
index fcee937..c6710e7 100644
--- a/src/utilities.ts
+++ b/src/utilities.ts
@@ -179,10 +179,11 @@ export function parseHTML(html: string, options: NodeHtmlMarkdownOptions): Eleme
       el = tryParseWithNativeDom(html);
     }
     catch (e) {
-      if (__IS_BROWSER__) throw e;
-      nodeHtmlParse = getNodeHtmlParser();
-      if (nodeHtmlParse) console.warn('Native DOM parser encountered an error during parse', e);
-      else throw e;
+      if (!__IS_BROWSER__) {
+        nodeHtmlParse = getNodeHtmlParser();
+        if (nodeHtmlParse) console.warn('Native DOM parser encountered an error during parse', e);
+        else throw e;
+      } else throw e;
     }
   } else nodeHtmlParse = getNodeHtmlParser();