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title: "JavaScript Document.Head is Null"
description: "JavaScript Document.Head is Null"
author: "Anonymous User"
published: 2013-09-03
updated: 2013-09-03
canonical: https://www.mindstick.com/forum/1429/javascript-document-head-is-null
category: "javascript"
tags: ["javascript"]
reading_time: 1 minute
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# JavaScript Document.Head is Null
[Getting an error](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/95244/why-do-you-keep-getting-an-error-message-ox800ccc0b) when running the following [code](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/view/85458/alan-turing-the-mastermind-behind-cracking-the-enigma-code-during-world-war-ii) in IE 8, but not in other browsers:
'document.head' is [null](https://www.mindstick.com/forum/33922/how-to-use-null-coalescing-operator-in-c-sharp) or not an object
## Here is my code:
```
```
Any help will be appreciated.
## Replies
### Reply by Sumit Kesarwani
Hi Ankita,\
That's because IE8 doesn't support it. It's a new feature of HTML5. You could use:
var head = document.head || document.getElementsByTagName("head")[0];
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