diff --git a/src/compiler/compile/nodes/Attribute.ts b/src/compiler/compile/nodes/Attribute.ts
index 92b6dde405..a43bf2e8f6 100644
--- a/src/compiler/compile/nodes/Attribute.ts
+++ b/src/compiler/compile/nodes/Attribute.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { stringify, string_literal } from '../utils/stringify';
+import { string_literal } from '../utils/stringify';
 import add_to_set from '../utils/add_to_set';
 import Component from '../Component';
 import Node from './shared/Node';
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import Element from './Element';
 import Text from './Text';
 import Expression from './shared/Expression';
 import TemplateScope from './shared/TemplateScope';
+import { x } from 'code-red';
 
 export default class Attribute extends Node {
 	type: 'Attribute';
@@ -78,8 +79,8 @@ export default class Attribute extends Node {
 	}
 
 	get_value(block) {
-		if (this.is_true) return true;
-		if (this.chunks.length === 0) return `""`;
+		if (this.is_true) return x`true`;
+		if (this.chunks.length === 0) return x`""`;
 
 		if (this.chunks.length === 1) {
 			return this.chunks[0].type === 'Text'
@@ -87,17 +88,15 @@ export default class Attribute extends Node {
 				: (this.chunks[0] as Expression).manipulate(block);
 		}
 
-		return (this.chunks[0].type === 'Text' ? '' : `"" + `) +
-			this.chunks
-				.map(chunk => {
-					if (chunk.type === 'Text') {
-						return stringify(chunk.data);
-					} else {
-						// @ts-ignore todo: probably error
-						return chunk.get_precedence() <= 13 ? `(${chunk.render()})` : chunk.render();
-					}
-				})
-				.join(' + ');
+		let expression = this.chunks
+			.map(chunk => chunk.type === 'Text' ? string_literal(chunk.data) : chunk.manipulate(block))
+			.reduce((lhs, rhs) => x`${lhs} + ${rhs}`);
+
+		if (this.chunks[0].type !== 'Text') {
+			expression = x`"" + ${expression}`;
+		}
+
+		return expression;
 	}
 
 	get_static_value() {
diff --git a/src/compiler/compile/render_dom/Block.ts b/src/compiler/compile/render_dom/Block.ts
index db3c383fec..610511ca4f 100644
--- a/src/compiler/compile/render_dom/Block.ts
+++ b/src/compiler/compile/render_dom/Block.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import Renderer from './Renderer';
 import Wrapper from './wrappers/shared/Wrapper';
 import { b, x } from 'code-red';
 import { Node, Identifier } from '../../interfaces';
+import { is_head } from './wrappers/shared/is_head';
 
 export interface BlockOptions {
 	parent?: Block;
@@ -167,7 +168,7 @@ export default class Block {
 		id: Identifier,
 		render_statement: Node,
 		claim_statement: Node,
-		parent_node: string,
+		parent_node: Node,
 		no_detach?: boolean
 	) {
 		this.add_variable(id);
@@ -179,7 +180,7 @@ export default class Block {
 
 		if (parent_node) {
 			this.chunks.mount.push(b`@append(${parent_node}, ${id});`);
-			if (parent_node === '@_document.head' && !no_detach) this.chunks.destroy.push(b`@detach(${id});`);
+			if (is_head(parent_node) && !no_detach) this.chunks.destroy.push(b`@detach(${id});`);
 		} else {
 			this.chunks.mount.push(b`@insert(#target, ${id}, anchor);`);
 			if (!no_detach) this.chunks.destroy.push(b`if (detaching) @detach(${id});`);
@@ -450,4 +451,4 @@ export default class Block {
 	// 		}
 	// 	`;
 	// }
-}
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/compiler/compile/render_dom/Renderer.ts b/src/compiler/compile/render_dom/Renderer.ts
index 90a76a68b7..615db5e074 100644
--- a/src/compiler/compile/render_dom/Renderer.ts
+++ b/src/compiler/compile/render_dom/Renderer.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import Block from './Block';
 import { CompileOptions, Node, Identifier } from '../../interfaces';
 import Component from '../Component';
 import FragmentWrapper from './wrappers/Fragment';
+import { x } from 'code-red';
 
 export default class Renderer {
 	component: Component; // TODO Maybe Renderer shouldn't know about Component?
@@ -56,6 +57,6 @@ export default class Renderer {
 
 		this.block.assign_variable_names();
 
-		this.fragment.render(this.block, null, 'nodes');
+		this.fragment.render(this.block, null, x`nodes` as unknown as Identifier);
 	}
 }
diff --git a/src/compiler/compile/render_dom/wrappers/AwaitBlock.ts b/src/compiler/compile/render_dom/wrappers/AwaitBlock.ts
index 5669765284..8c8b3d8ae0 100644
--- a/src/compiler/compile/render_dom/wrappers/AwaitBlock.ts
+++ b/src/compiler/compile/render_dom/wrappers/AwaitBlock.ts
@@ -122,8 +122,8 @@ export default class AwaitBlockWrapper extends Wrapper {
 
 	render(
 		block: Block,
-		parent_node: string,
-		parent_nodes: string
+		parent_node: Identifier,
+		parent_nodes: Identifier
 	) {
 		const anchor = this.get_or_create_anchor(block, parent_node, parent_nodes);
 		const update_mount_node = this.get_update_mount_node(anchor);
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ export default class AwaitBlockWrapper extends Wrapper {
 		`);
 
 		[this.pending, this.then, this.catch].forEach(branch => {
-			branch.fragment.render(branch.block, null, 'nodes');
+			branch.fragment.render(branch.block, null, x`nodes` as unknown as Identifier);
 		});
 	}
 }
diff --git a/src/compiler/compile/render_dom/wrappers/Body.ts b/src/compiler/compile/render_dom/wrappers/Body.ts
index 21d7f90ae7..42e5d562f1 100644
--- a/src/compiler/compile/render_dom/wrappers/Body.ts
+++ b/src/compiler/compile/render_dom/wrappers/Body.ts
@@ -2,11 +2,12 @@ import Block from '../Block';
 import Wrapper from './shared/Wrapper';
 import { b } from 'code-red';
 import Body from '../../nodes/Body';
+import { Identifier } from '../../../interfaces';
 
 export default class BodyWrapper extends Wrapper {
 	node: Body;
 
-	render(block: Block, _parent_node: string, _parent_nodes: string) {
+	render(block: Block, _parent_node: Identifier, _parent_nodes: Identifier) {
 		this.node.handlers.forEach(handler => {
 			const snippet = handler.render(block);
 
diff --git a/src/compiler/compile/render_dom/wrappers/DebugTag.ts b/src/compiler/compile/render_dom/wrappers/DebugTag.ts
index aa74f2f89d..2208732183 100644
--- a/src/compiler/compile/render_dom/wrappers/DebugTag.ts
+++ b/src/compiler/compile/render_dom/wrappers/DebugTag.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import Block from '../Block';
 import DebugTag from '../../nodes/DebugTag';
 // import add_to_set from '../../utils/add_to_set';
 import { b } from 'code-red';
+import { Identifier } from '../../../interfaces';
 
 export default class DebugTagWrapper extends Wrapper {
 	node: DebugTag;
@@ -19,7 +20,7 @@ export default class DebugTagWrapper extends Wrapper {
 		super(renderer, block, parent, node);
 	}
 
-	render(block: Block, _parent_node: string, _parent_nodes: string) {
+	render(block: Block, _parent_node: Identifier, _parent_nodes: Identifier) {
 		const { renderer } = this;
 		// const { component } = renderer;
 
diff --git a/src/compiler/compile/render_dom/wrappers/EachBlock.ts b/src/compiler/compile/render_dom/wrappers/EachBlock.ts
index 1bb62ff7f0..db631a304e 100644
--- a/src/compiler/compile/render_dom/wrappers/EachBlock.ts
+++ b/src/compiler/compile/render_dom/wrappers/EachBlock.ts
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ export default class EachBlockWrapper extends Wrapper {
 		}
 	}
 
-	render(block: Block, parent_node: string, parent_nodes: string) {
+	render(block: Block, parent_node: Identifier, parent_nodes: Identifier) {
 		if (this.fragment.nodes.length === 0) return;
 
 		const { renderer } = this;
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ export default class EachBlockWrapper extends Wrapper {
 		`);
 
 		const initial_anchor_node: Identifier = { type: 'Identifier', name: parent_node ? 'null' : 'anchor' };
-		const initial_mount_node: Identifier = { type: 'Identifier', name: parent_node || '#target' };
+		const initial_mount_node: Identifier = parent_node || { type: 'Identifier', name: '#target' };
 		const update_anchor_node = needs_anchor
 			? block.get_unique_name(`${this.var.name}_anchor`)
 			: (this.next && this.next.var) || { type: 'Identifier', name: 'null' };
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ export default class EachBlockWrapper extends Wrapper {
 				update_anchor_node as Identifier,
 				x`@empty()`,
 				parent_nodes && x`@empty()`,
-				parent_node
+				parent_node as unknown as Node
 			);
 		}
 
@@ -299,10 +299,10 @@ export default class EachBlockWrapper extends Wrapper {
 			`);
 		}
 
-		this.fragment.render(this.block, null, 'nodes');
+		this.fragment.render(this.block, null, x`nodes` as unknown as Identifier);
 
 		if (this.else) {
-			this.else.fragment.render(this.else.block, null, 'nodes');
+			this.else.fragment.render(this.else.block, null, x`nodes` as unknown as Identifier);
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -317,8 +317,8 @@ export default class EachBlockWrapper extends Wrapper {
 		update_mount_node
 	}: {
 		block: Block;
-		parent_node: string;
-		parent_nodes: string;
+		parent_node: Identifier;
+		parent_nodes: Identifier;
 		snippet: Node;
 		initial_anchor_node: Identifier;
 		initial_mount_node: Identifier;
@@ -425,7 +425,7 @@ export default class EachBlockWrapper extends Wrapper {
 		update_mount_node
 	}: {
 		block: Block;
-		parent_nodes: string;
+		parent_nodes: Identifier;
 		snippet: Node;
 		initial_anchor_node: Identifier;
 		initial_mount_node: Identifier;
diff --git a/src/compiler/compile/render_dom/wrappers/Element/Attribute.ts b/src/compiler/compile/render_dom/wrappers/Element/Attribute.ts
index 8c1891aa32..fbe273046f 100644
--- a/src/compiler/compile/render_dom/wrappers/Element/Attribute.ts
+++ b/src/compiler/compile/render_dom/wrappers/Element/Attribute.ts
@@ -172,8 +172,8 @@ export default class AttributeWrapper {
 				is_legacy_input_type
 					? b`@set_input_type(${element.var}, ${value});`
 					: property_name
-						? b`${element.var}.${property_name} = ${value === true ? { type: 'Literal', value: true } : value};`
-						: b`${method}(${element.var}, "${name}", ${value === true ? x`""` : value});`
+						? b`${element.var}.${property_name} = ${value};`
+						: b`${method}(${element.var}, "${name}", ${value});`
 			);
 
 			block.chunks.hydrate.push(statement);
diff --git a/src/compiler/compile/render_dom/wrappers/Element/index.ts b/src/compiler/compile/render_dom/wrappers/Element/index.ts
index 365d92977b..a3f05ecec8 100644
--- a/src/compiler/compile/render_dom/wrappers/Element/index.ts
+++ b/src/compiler/compile/render_dom/wrappers/Element/index.ts
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ import create_debugging_comment from '../shared/create_debugging_comment';
 import { get_context_merger } from '../shared/get_context_merger';
 import bind_this from '../shared/bind_this';
 import { changed } from '../shared/changed';
+import { is_head } from '../shared/is_head';
+import { Identifier } from '../../../../interfaces';
 
 const events = [
 	{
@@ -152,7 +154,7 @@ export default class ElementWrapper extends Wrapper {
 				if (owner && owner.node.type === 'InlineComponent') {
 					const name = attribute.get_static_value() as string;
 
-					if (!(owner as InlineComponentWrapper).slots.has(name)) {
+					if (!(owner as unknown as InlineComponentWrapper).slots.has(name)) {
 						const child_block = block.child({
 							comment: create_debugging_comment(node, this.renderer.component),
 							name: this.renderer.component.get_unique_name(`create_${sanitize(name)}_slot`),
@@ -162,13 +164,13 @@ export default class ElementWrapper extends Wrapper {
 						const lets = this.node.lets;
 						const seen = new Set(lets.map(l => l.name));
 
-						(owner as InlineComponentWrapper).node.lets.forEach(l => {
+						(owner as unknown as InlineComponentWrapper).node.lets.forEach(l => {
 							if (!seen.has(l.name)) lets.push(l);
 						});
 
 						const fn = get_context_merger(lets);
 
-						(owner as InlineComponentWrapper).slots.set(name, {
+						(owner as unknown as InlineComponentWrapper).slots.set(name, {
 							block: child_block,
 							scope: this.node.scope,
 							fn
@@ -176,7 +178,7 @@ export default class ElementWrapper extends Wrapper {
 						this.renderer.blocks.push(child_block);
 					}
 
-					this.slot_block = (owner as InlineComponentWrapper).slots.get(name).block;
+					this.slot_block = (owner as unknown as InlineComponentWrapper).slots.get(name).block;
 					block = this.slot_block;
 				}
 			}
@@ -240,7 +242,7 @@ export default class ElementWrapper extends Wrapper {
 		}
 	}
 
-	render(block: Block, parent_node: string, parent_nodes: string) {
+	render(block: Block, parent_node: Identifier, parent_nodes: Identifier) {
 		const { renderer } = this;
 
 		if (this.node.name === 'noscript') return;
@@ -276,7 +278,7 @@ export default class ElementWrapper extends Wrapper {
 				b`@append(${parent_node}, ${node});`
 			);
 
-			if (parent_node === '@_document.head') {
+			if (is_head(parent_node)) {
 				block.chunks.destroy.push(b`@detach(${node});`);
 			}
 		} else {
@@ -320,7 +322,7 @@ export default class ElementWrapper extends Wrapper {
 				child.render(
 					block,
 					this.node.name === 'template' ? `${node}.content` : node,
-					nodes.name
+					nodes
 				);
 			});
 		}
@@ -376,7 +378,7 @@ export default class ElementWrapper extends Wrapper {
 		return x`@element("${name}")`;
 	}
 
-	get_claim_statement(nodes: string) {
+	get_claim_statement(nodes: Identifier) {
 		const attributes = this.node.attributes
 			.filter((attr) => attr.type === 'Attribute')
 			.map((attr) => `${quote_name_if_necessary(attr.name)}: true`)
diff --git a/src/compiler/compile/render_dom/wrappers/Fragment.ts b/src/compiler/compile/render_dom/wrappers/Fragment.ts
index d81bd6bcc9..224b17d43f 100644
--- a/src/compiler/compile/render_dom/wrappers/Fragment.ts
+++ b/src/compiler/compile/render_dom/wrappers/Fragment.ts
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import { INode } from '../../nodes/interfaces';
 import Renderer from '../Renderer';
 import Block from '../Block';
 import { trim_start, trim_end } from '../../../utils/trim';
+import { Identifier } from 'estree';
 
 const wrappers = {
 	AwaitBlock,
@@ -145,7 +146,7 @@ export default class FragmentWrapper {
 		}
 	}
 
-	render(block: Block, parent_node: string, parent_nodes: string) {
+	render(block: Block, parent_node: Identifier, parent_nodes: Identifier) {
 		for (let i = 0; i < this.nodes.length; i += 1) {
 			this.nodes[i].render(block, parent_node, parent_nodes);
 		}
diff --git a/src/compiler/compile/render_dom/wrappers/Head.ts b/src/compiler/compile/render_dom/wrappers/Head.ts
index a5226e7efa..3c9d9f9ad1 100644
--- a/src/compiler/compile/render_dom/wrappers/Head.ts
+++ b/src/compiler/compile/render_dom/wrappers/Head.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ import Renderer from '../Renderer';
 import Block from '../Block';
 import Head from '../../nodes/Head';
 import FragmentWrapper from './Fragment';
+import { x } from 'code-red';
+import { Identifier } from 'estree';
 
 export default class HeadWrapper extends Wrapper {
 	fragment: FragmentWrapper;
@@ -29,7 +31,7 @@ export default class HeadWrapper extends Wrapper {
 		);
 	}
 
-	render(block: Block, _parent_node: string, _parent_nodes: string) {
-		this.fragment.render(block, '@_document.head', 'nodes');
+	render(block: Block, _parent_node: Identifier, _parent_nodes: Identifier) {
+		this.fragment.render(block, x`@_document.head` as unknown as Identifier, x`nodes` as unknown as Identifier);
 	}
 }
diff --git a/src/compiler/compile/render_dom/wrappers/IfBlock.ts b/src/compiler/compile/render_dom/wrappers/IfBlock.ts
index 10cc0c5dd9..236f4c3e7b 100644
--- a/src/compiler/compile/render_dom/wrappers/IfBlock.ts
+++ b/src/compiler/compile/render_dom/wrappers/IfBlock.ts
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import { b, x } from 'code-red';
 import { walk } from 'estree-walker';
 import { Identifier } from '../../../interfaces';
 import Node from '../../nodes/shared/Node';
+import { is_head } from './shared/is_head';
 
 function is_else_if(node: ElseBlock) {
 	return (
@@ -170,8 +171,8 @@ export default class IfBlockWrapper extends Wrapper {
 
 	render(
 		block: Block,
-		parent_node: string,
-		parent_nodes: string
+		parent_node: Identifier,
+		parent_nodes: Identifier
 	) {
 		const name = this.var;
 
@@ -190,7 +191,7 @@ export default class IfBlockWrapper extends Wrapper {
 
 		const vars = { name, anchor, if_exists_condition, has_else, has_transitions };
 
-		const detaching = (parent_node && parent_node !== '@_document.head') ? '' : 'detaching';
+		const detaching = is_head(parent_node) ? '' : 'detaching';
 
 		if (this.node.else) {
 			this.branches.forEach(branch => {
@@ -229,19 +230,19 @@ export default class IfBlockWrapper extends Wrapper {
 				anchor as Identifier,
 				x`@empty()`,
 				parent_nodes && x`@empty()`,
-				parent_node
+				parent_node as unknown as Node
 			);
 		}
 
 		this.branches.forEach(branch => {
-			branch.fragment.render(branch.block, null, 'nodes');
+			branch.fragment.render(branch.block, null, x`nodes` as unknown as Identifier);
 		});
 	}
 
 	render_compound(
 		block: Block,
-		parent_node: string,
-		_parent_nodes: string,
+		parent_node: Identifier,
+		_parent_nodes: Identifier,
 		dynamic,
 		{ name, anchor, has_else, if_exists_condition, has_transitions },
 		detaching
@@ -328,8 +329,8 @@ export default class IfBlockWrapper extends Wrapper {
 	// (TODO does this only apply to bidi transitions?)
 	render_compound_with_outros(
 		block: Block,
-		parent_node: string,
-		_parent_nodes: string,
+		parent_node: Identifier,
+		_parent_nodes: Identifier,
 		dynamic,
 		{ name, anchor, has_else, has_transitions },
 		detaching
@@ -467,8 +468,8 @@ export default class IfBlockWrapper extends Wrapper {
 
 	render_simple(
 		block: Block,
-		parent_node: string,
-		_parent_nodes: string,
+		parent_node: Identifier,
+		_parent_nodes: Identifier,
 		dynamic,
 		{ name, anchor, if_exists_condition, has_transitions },
 		detaching
diff --git a/src/compiler/compile/render_dom/wrappers/InlineComponent/index.ts b/src/compiler/compile/render_dom/wrappers/InlineComponent/index.ts
index 8df1faf436..2241bfd96e 100644
--- a/src/compiler/compile/render_dom/wrappers/InlineComponent/index.ts
+++ b/src/compiler/compile/render_dom/wrappers/InlineComponent/index.ts
@@ -106,8 +106,8 @@ export default class InlineComponentWrapper extends Wrapper {
 
 	render(
 		block: Block,
-		parent_node: string,
-		parent_nodes: string
+		parent_node: Identifier,
+		parent_nodes: Identifier
 	) {
 		const { renderer } = this;
 		const { component } = renderer;
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ export default class InlineComponentWrapper extends Wrapper {
 						kind: 'init',
 						key: { type: 'Identifier', name: '$$scope' },
 						value: x`{ ctx: #ctx }`
-					})
+					});
 				}
 
 				if (uses_spread) {
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ export default class InlineComponentWrapper extends Wrapper {
 			const default_slot = this.slots.get('default');
 
 			this.fragment.nodes.forEach((child) => {
-				child.render(default_slot.block, null, 'nodes');
+				child.render(default_slot.block, null, x`nodes` as unknown as Identifier);
 			});
 		}
 
diff --git a/src/compiler/compile/render_dom/wrappers/MustacheTag.ts b/src/compiler/compile/render_dom/wrappers/MustacheTag.ts
index 99413ee314..aab21cd0e2 100644
--- a/src/compiler/compile/render_dom/wrappers/MustacheTag.ts
+++ b/src/compiler/compile/render_dom/wrappers/MustacheTag.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import Tag from './shared/Tag';
 import Wrapper from './shared/Wrapper';
 import MustacheTag from '../../nodes/MustacheTag';
 import RawMustacheTag from '../../nodes/RawMustacheTag';
-import { Identifier } from '../../../interfaces';
+import { Identifier, Node } from '../../../interfaces';
 import { x } from 'code-red';
 
 export default class MustacheTagWrapper extends Tag {
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ export default class MustacheTagWrapper extends Tag {
 		this.cannot_use_innerhtml();
 	}
 
-	render(block: Block, parent_node: string, parent_nodes: string) {
+	render(block: Block, parent_node: Identifier, parent_nodes: Identifier) {
 		const { init } = this.rename_this_method(
 			block,
 			value => x`@set_data(${this.var}, ${value});`
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ export default class MustacheTagWrapper extends Tag {
 			this.var,
 			x`@text(${init})`,
 			parent_nodes && x`@claim_text(${parent_nodes}, ${init})`,
-			parent_node
+			parent_node as unknown as Node
 		);
 	}
 }
diff --git a/src/compiler/compile/render_dom/wrappers/RawMustacheTag.ts b/src/compiler/compile/render_dom/wrappers/RawMustacheTag.ts
index 609e57e0d1..5e9f15f7fd 100644
--- a/src/compiler/compile/render_dom/wrappers/RawMustacheTag.ts
+++ b/src/compiler/compile/render_dom/wrappers/RawMustacheTag.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@ import Tag from './shared/Tag';
 import Wrapper from './shared/Wrapper';
 import MustacheTag from '../../nodes/MustacheTag';
 import RawMustacheTag from '../../nodes/RawMustacheTag';
-import { Identifier } from '../../../interfaces';
+import { Identifier, Node } from '../../../interfaces';
+import { is_head } from './shared/is_head';
 
 export default class RawMustacheTagWrapper extends Tag {
 	var: Identifier = { type: 'Identifier', name: 'raw' };
@@ -20,8 +21,8 @@ export default class RawMustacheTagWrapper extends Tag {
 		this.cannot_use_innerhtml();
 	}
 
-	render(block: Block, parent_node: string, _parent_nodes: string) {
-		const in_head = parent_node === '@_document.head';
+	render(block: Block, parent_node: Identifier, _parent_nodes: Identifier) {
+		const in_head = is_head(parent_node);
 
 		const can_use_innerhtml = !in_head && parent_node && !this.prev && !this.next;
 
@@ -55,7 +56,7 @@ export default class RawMustacheTagWrapper extends Tag {
 			block.chunks.mount.push(b`${html_tag}.m(${parent_node || '#target'}, ${parent_node ? null : 'anchor'});`);
 
 			if (needs_anchor) {
-				block.add_element(html_anchor, x`@empty()`, x`@empty()`, parent_node);
+				block.add_element(html_anchor, x`@empty()`, x`@empty()`, parent_node as unknown as Node);
 			}
 
 			if (!parent_node || in_head) {
diff --git a/src/compiler/compile/render_dom/wrappers/Slot.ts b/src/compiler/compile/render_dom/wrappers/Slot.ts
index 40ef5b2626..ec78099062 100644
--- a/src/compiler/compile/render_dom/wrappers/Slot.ts
+++ b/src/compiler/compile/render_dom/wrappers/Slot.ts
@@ -52,8 +52,8 @@ export default class SlotWrapper extends Wrapper {
 
 	render(
 		block: Block,
-		parent_node: string,
-		parent_nodes: string
+		parent_node: Identifier,
+		parent_nodes: Identifier
 	) {
 		const { renderer } = this;
 
diff --git a/src/compiler/compile/render_dom/wrappers/Text.ts b/src/compiler/compile/render_dom/wrappers/Text.ts
index 553ecd8e83..5bf139962b 100644
--- a/src/compiler/compile/render_dom/wrappers/Text.ts
+++ b/src/compiler/compile/render_dom/wrappers/Text.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import Text from '../../nodes/Text';
 import Wrapper from './shared/Wrapper';
 import { Identifier } from '../../../interfaces';
 import { x } from 'code-red';
+import Node from '../../nodes/shared/Node';
 
 // Whitespace inside one of these elements will not result in
 // a whitespace node being created in any circumstances. (This
@@ -65,7 +66,7 @@ export default class TextWrapper extends Wrapper {
 		return true;
 	}
 
-	render(block: Block, parent_node: string, parent_nodes: string) {
+	render(block: Block, parent_node: Identifier, parent_nodes: Identifier) {
 		if (this.skip) return;
 		const use_space = this.use_space();
 
@@ -73,7 +74,7 @@ export default class TextWrapper extends Wrapper {
 			this.var,
 			use_space ? x`@space()` : x`@text("${this.data}")`,
 			parent_nodes && (use_space ? x`@claim_space(${parent_nodes})` : x`@claim_text(${parent_nodes}, "${this.data}")`),
-			parent_node
+			parent_node as unknown as Node
 		);
 	}
 }
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diff --git a/src/compiler/compile/render_dom/wrappers/Title.ts b/src/compiler/compile/render_dom/wrappers/Title.ts
index c2f2997c8c..b1ae7a6d52 100644
--- a/src/compiler/compile/render_dom/wrappers/Title.ts
+++ b/src/compiler/compile/render_dom/wrappers/Title.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import Title from '../../nodes/Title';
 import { stringify } from '../../utils/stringify';
 import add_to_set from '../../utils/add_to_set';
 import Text from '../../nodes/Text';
+import { Identifier } from '../../../interfaces';
 
 export default class TitleWrapper extends Wrapper {
 	node: Title;
@@ -21,7 +22,7 @@ export default class TitleWrapper extends Wrapper {
 		super(renderer, block, parent, node);
 	}
 
-	render(block: Block, _parent_node: string, _parent_nodes: string) {
+	render(block: Block, _parent_node: Identifier, _parent_nodes: Identifier) {
 		const is_dynamic = !!this.node.children.find(node => node.type !== 'Text');
 
 		if (is_dynamic) {
diff --git a/src/compiler/compile/render_dom/wrappers/Window.ts b/src/compiler/compile/render_dom/wrappers/Window.ts
index ccb655aad2..9f8edd5682 100644
--- a/src/compiler/compile/render_dom/wrappers/Window.ts
+++ b/src/compiler/compile/render_dom/wrappers/Window.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import Window from '../../nodes/Window';
 import add_actions from './shared/add_actions';
 import { INode } from '../../nodes/interfaces';
 import { changed } from './shared/changed';
+import { Identifier } from '../../../interfaces';
 
 const associated_events = {
 	innerWidth: 'resize',
@@ -38,7 +39,7 @@ export default class WindowWrapper extends Wrapper {
 		super(renderer, block, parent, node);
 	}
 
-	render(block: Block, _parent_node: string, _parent_nodes: string) {
+	render(block: Block, _parent_node: Identifier, _parent_nodes: Identifier) {
 		const { renderer } = this;
 		const { component } = renderer;
 
diff --git a/src/compiler/compile/render_dom/wrappers/shared/Wrapper.ts b/src/compiler/compile/render_dom/wrappers/shared/Wrapper.ts
index 9fd7991ced..de1475bfe5 100644
--- a/src/compiler/compile/render_dom/wrappers/shared/Wrapper.ts
+++ b/src/compiler/compile/render_dom/wrappers/shared/Wrapper.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import Renderer from '../../Renderer';
 import Block from '../../Block';
 import { INode } from '../../../nodes/interfaces';
-import { Identifier } from '../../../../interfaces';
+import { Identifier, Node } from '../../../../interfaces';
 import { x } from 'code-red';
 
 export default class Wrapper {
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ export default class Wrapper {
 		if (this.parent) this.parent.cannot_use_innerhtml();
 	}
 
-	get_or_create_anchor(block: Block, parent_node: string, parent_nodes: string) {
+	get_or_create_anchor(block: Block, parent_node: Identifier, parent_nodes: Identifier) {
 		// TODO use this in EachBlock and IfBlock — tricky because
 		// children need to be created first
 		const needs_anchor = this.next ? !this.next.is_dom_node() : !parent_node || !this.parent.is_dom_node();
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ export default class Wrapper {
 				anchor,
 				x`@empty()`,
 				parent_nodes && x`@empty()`,
-				parent_node
+				parent_node as unknown as Node
 			);
 		}
 
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ export default class Wrapper {
 		);
 	}
 
-	render(_block: Block, _parent_node: string, _parent_nodes: string) {
+	render(_block: Block, _parent_node: Identifier, _parent_nodes: Identifier) {
 		throw Error('Wrapper class is not renderable');
 	}
 }
diff --git a/src/compiler/compile/render_dom/wrappers/shared/is_head.ts b/src/compiler/compile/render_dom/wrappers/shared/is_head.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ebc6e27548
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/compiler/compile/render_dom/wrappers/shared/is_head.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+export function is_head(node) {
+	return node && node.type === 'MemberExpression' && node.object.name === '@_document' && node.property.name === 'head';
+}
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