diff --git a/source/Ox/js/DOM.js b/source/Ox/js/DOM.js
index f64990c7..57b03af2 100644
--- a/source/Ox/js/DOM.js
+++ b/source/Ox/js/DOM.js
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ Ox.$ = Ox.element = function(val) {
     // fixme: remove click and mousedown,
     // add native css selector
     // take all matches of getElementsBy...
-    var element = Ox.isObject(val) ? val // window or document
+    var element = !Ox.isString(val) ? val // window or document
         : val[0] == '<' ? document.createElement(Ox.sub(val, 1, -1))
         : val[0] == '#' ? document.getElementById(Ox.sub(val, 1))
         : val[0] == '.' ? document.getElementsByClassName(Ox.sub(val, 1))[0]