diff --git a/lib/ui/Dataview.mjs b/lib/ui/Dataview.mjs
index 942bea3e0..ec8f4c20d 100644
--- a/lib/ui/Dataview.mjs
+++ b/lib/ui/Dataview.mjs
@@ -1,14 +1,15 @@
-export default async (_this, targetContainer) => {
+export default async (_this, targetElement) => {
 
-  // if a target container is passed, use that to query
-  const queryDocument = targetContainer || document;
+  if (targetElement) {
 
-  // The dataview target is defined as string.
-  if (typeof _this.target === 'string') {
-    
+    // if a target element is passed, use that
+    _this.target = targetElement;
+
+  } else if (typeof _this.target === 'string') {
+
+    // The dataview target is defined as string.
     // assign target element by ID.
-    // must be querySelector
-    _this.target = queryDocument.querySelector(`#${_this.target}`);
+    _this.target = document.getElementById(_this.target);
 
   }