diff --git a/packages/houdini-react/src/plugin/codegen/render.ts b/packages/houdini-react/src/plugin/codegen/render.ts
index 0057f4a868..4d29b704a6 100644
--- a/packages/houdini-react/src/plugin/codegen/render.ts
+++ b/packages/houdini-react/src/plugin/codegen/render.ts
@@ -71,9 +71,7 @@ export const on_render =
 			return new Response('not found', { status: 404 })
 		}
 
-		const stream = await ReactDom.renderToReadableStream(React.createElement('div', {
-			children: 'hello world',
-		}))
+		const stream = await ReactDom.renderToReadableStream(React.createElement('html', {}))
 
 
 	// 	// this is what hangs