diff --git a/packages/dom-expressions/src/client.js b/packages/dom-expressions/src/client.js
index 007aff72..ff37561a 100644
--- a/packages/dom-expressions/src/client.js
+++ b/packages/dom-expressions/src/client.js
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ export function render(code, element, init, options = {}) {
     element === document
       ? code()
       : insert(element, code(), element.firstChild ? null : undefined, init);
-  }, options.owner);
+  }, { ...options.owner, document: element.ownerDocument });
   return () => {
     disposer();
     element.textContent = "";
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ export function template(html, isCE, isSVG) {
   };
   // backwards compatible with older builds
   const fn = isCE
-    ? () => untrack(() => document.importNode(node || (node = create()), true))
+    ? () => untrack(() => (getOwner().document || document).importNode(node || (node = create()), true))
     : () => (node || (node = create())).cloneNode(true);
   fn.cloneNode = fn;
   return fn;