diff --git a/packages/node_modules/@node-red/nodes/core/parsers/70-HTML.js b/packages/node_modules/@node-red/nodes/core/parsers/70-HTML.js
index 7898867c3..073b98689 100644
--- a/packages/node_modules/@node-red/nodes/core/parsers/70-HTML.js
+++ b/packages/node_modules/@node-red/nodes/core/parsers/70-HTML.js
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ module.exports = function(RED) {
                 var tag = node.tag;
                 if (msg.hasOwnProperty("select")) { tag = node.tag || msg.select; }
                 try {
-                    var $ = cheerio.load(value,null,false);
+                    var $ = cheerio.load(value);
                     var pay = [];
                     var count = 0;
                     $(tag).each(function() {
diff --git a/test/nodes/core/parsers/70-HTML_spec.js b/test/nodes/core/parsers/70-HTML_spec.js
index a4666d721..da7246e64 100644
--- a/test/nodes/core/parsers/70-HTML_spec.js
+++ b/test/nodes/core/parsers/70-HTML_spec.js
@@ -68,7 +68,9 @@ describe('HTML node', function() {
                         done(err)
                     }
                 });
-                n1.receive({payload:data,topic:"bar",select:"h1"});
+                // include 'body' in the select to verify we're in document mode
+                // for the parser. See https://github.com/node-red/node-red/issues/3079
+                n1.receive({payload:data,topic:"bar",select:"body h1"});
             });
         });
     });