diff --git a/readability/readability.py b/readability/readability.py
index a4db7a1..d690861 100755
--- a/readability/readability.py
+++ b/readability/readability.py
@@ -350,8 +350,9 @@ class Document:
             if len(s) < 2:
                 continue
             #self.debug(s)
-            if REGEXES['unlikelyCandidatesRe'].search(s) and (not REGEXES['okMaybeItsACandidateRe'].search(s)) and elem.tag != 'body':
+            if REGEXES['unlikelyCandidatesRe'].search(s) and (not REGEXES['okMaybeItsACandidateRe'].search(s)) and elem.tag not in ['html', 'body']:
                 self.debug("Removing unlikely candidate - %s" % describe(elem))
+                import ipdb; ipdb.set_trace()
                 elem.drop_tree()
 
     def transform_misused_divs_into_paragraphs(self):