diff --git a/packages/heml-elements/src/Base.js b/packages/heml-elements/src/Base.js
index 31fa3cb..6d89122 100644
--- a/packages/heml-elements/src/Base.js
+++ b/packages/heml-elements/src/Base.js
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
-import HEML, { createElement } from '@heml/utils' // eslint-disable-line no-unused-vars
+import HEML, { createMetaElement } from '@heml/utils' // eslint-disable-line no-unused-vars
 import Meta from './Meta'
 import isAbsoluteUrl from 'is-absolute-url'
 import { resolve } from 'url'
 import { has, first } from 'lodash'
 
-export default createElement('base', {
+export default createMetaElement('base', {
   parent: [ 'head' ],
   children: false,
   unique: true,
diff --git a/packages/heml-elements/src/Meta.js b/packages/heml-elements/src/Meta.js
index 7c6db5b..634f475 100644
--- a/packages/heml-elements/src/Meta.js
+++ b/packages/heml-elements/src/Meta.js
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-import HEML, { createElement } from '@heml/utils' // eslint-disable-line no-unused-vars
+import HEML, { createMetaElement } from '@heml/utils' // eslint-disable-line no-unused-vars
 
 let metaMap
 
-export default createElement('meta', {
+export default createMetaElement('meta', {
   attrs: true,
   parent: [ 'head' ],
 
diff --git a/packages/heml-elements/src/Preview.js b/packages/heml-elements/src/Preview.js
index 8a49b99..3824084 100644
--- a/packages/heml-elements/src/Preview.js
+++ b/packages/heml-elements/src/Preview.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-import HEML, { createElement } from '@heml/utils' // eslint-disable-line no-unused-vars
+import HEML, { createMetaElement } from '@heml/utils' // eslint-disable-line no-unused-vars
 import Meta from './Meta'
 
-export default createElement('preview', {
+export default createMetaElement('preview', {
   parent: [ 'head' ],
   unique: true,
 
diff --git a/packages/heml-elements/src/Style.js b/packages/heml-elements/src/Style.js
index 37ae8aa..439b474 100644
--- a/packages/heml-elements/src/Style.js
+++ b/packages/heml-elements/src/Style.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import HEML, { createElement } from '@heml/utils' // eslint-disable-line no-unused-vars
+import HEML, { createMetaElement } from '@heml/utils' // eslint-disable-line no-unused-vars
 import hemlstyles from '@heml/styles'
 import { castArray, isEqual, uniqWith, sortBy } from 'lodash'
 
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ const START_INLINE_CSS = `/*!***START:INLINE_CSS*****/`
 let styleMap
 let options
 
-export default createElement('style', {
+export default createMetaElement('style', {
   parent: [ 'head' ],
   attrs: [ 'for', 'heml-embed' ],
   defaultAttrs: {
diff --git a/packages/heml-elements/src/Subject.js b/packages/heml-elements/src/Subject.js
index 081eb9e..3b7e1ee 100644
--- a/packages/heml-elements/src/Subject.js
+++ b/packages/heml-elements/src/Subject.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-import HEML, { createElement } from '@heml/utils' // eslint-disable-line no-unused-vars
+import HEML, { createMetaElement } from '@heml/utils' // eslint-disable-line no-unused-vars
 import Meta from './Meta'
 
-export default createElement('subject', {
+export default createMetaElement('subject', {
   parent: [ 'head' ],
   unique: true,
 
diff --git a/packages/heml-render/src/index.js b/packages/heml-render/src/index.js
index a188862..a202315 100644
--- a/packages/heml-render/src/index.js
+++ b/packages/heml-render/src/index.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { filter, difference, keyBy, first } from 'lodash'
+import { filter, keyBy, first } from 'lodash'
 import renderElement from './renderElement'
 
 export { renderElement }
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ export default async function render ($, options = {}) {
   const Meta = first(elements.filter(({ tagName }) => tagName === 'meta'))
 
   await preRenderElements(elements, globals)
+  await renderMetaElements(elements, globals)
   await renderElements(elements, globals)
   await postRenderElements(elements, globals)
 
@@ -49,29 +50,65 @@ async function postRenderElements (elements, globals) {
 }
 
 /**
- * Renders all HEML elements
+ * Renders meta HEML elements
+ * @param  {Array}  elements  List of element definitons
+ * @param  {Object} globals
+ * @return {Promise}
+ */
+async function renderMetaElements (elements, globals) {
+  const { $ } = globals
+  const metaTagNames = filter(elements, ({ meta }) => !!meta).map(({ tagName }) => tagName)
+
+  /** Render the meta elements first to last */
+  const $nodes = $.findNodes(metaTagNames)
+  await renderNodes($nodes, globals)
+}
+
+/**
+ * Renders HEML elements
  * @param  {Array}  elements  List of element definitons
  * @param  {Object} globals
  * @return {Promise}
  */
 async function renderElements (elements, globals) {
   const { $ } = globals
-  const elementMap = keyBy(elements, 'tagName')
-  const metaTagNames = filter(elements, { parent: [ 'head' ] }).map(({ tagName }) => tagName)
-  const nonMetaTagNames = difference(elements.map(({ tagName }) => tagName), metaTagNames)
+  const nonMetaTagNames = filter(elements, ({ meta }) => !meta).map(({ tagName }) => tagName)
+
+  /** Render the elements last to first/outside to inside */
+  const $nodes = $.findNodes(nonMetaTagNames).reverse()
+  await renderNodes($nodes, globals)
+}
 
-  const $nodes = [
-    ...$.findNodes(metaTagNames), /** Render the meta elements first to last */
-    ...$.findNodes(nonMetaTagNames).reverse() /** Render the elements last to first/outside to inside */
-  ]
+/**
+ * renders the given array of $nodes
+ * @param  {Array[Cheerio]} $nodes
+ * @param  {Object}         globals { $, elements }
+ */
+async function renderNodes ($nodes, globals) {
+  const { elements } = globals
+  const elementMap = keyBy(elements, 'tagName')
 
   for (let $node of $nodes) {
-    const element = elementMap[$node.prop('tagName').toLowerCase()]
-    const contents = $node.html()
-    const attrs = $node[0].attribs
+    const tagName = $node.prop('tagName').toLowerCase()
+
+    if (!elementMap[tagName]) { continue }
 
-    const renderedValue = await Promise.resolve(renderElement(element, attrs, contents))
+    const element = elementMap[tagName]
 
-    $node.replaceWith(renderedValue.trim())
+    await renderNode($node, element)
   }
 }
+
+/**
+ * renders a single $node of the given element
+ * @param  {Cheerio} $node
+ * @param  {Object}  element
+ */
+async function renderNode ($node, element) {
+  const contents = $node.html()
+  const attrs = $node[0].attribs
+
+  const renderedValue = await Promise.resolve(renderElement(element, attrs, contents))
+
+  $node.replaceWith(renderedValue.trim())
+}
diff --git a/packages/heml-utils/src/createMetaElement.js b/packages/heml-utils/src/createMetaElement.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..aea1b9f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/heml-utils/src/createMetaElement.js
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+import { isFunction } from 'lodash'
+import createElement from './createElement'
+
+export default function (name, element) {
+  if (!name || name.trim().length === 0) {
+    throw new Error(`When creating an element, you must set the name. ${name.trim().length === 0 ? 'An empty string' : `"${name}"`} was given.`)
+  }
+
+  if (isFunction(element)) {
+    element = { render: element }
+  }
+
+  element.meta = true
+
+  return createElement(name, element)
+}
diff --git a/packages/heml-utils/src/index.js b/packages/heml-utils/src/index.js
index 77ebeed..ed45de2 100644
--- a/packages/heml-utils/src/index.js
+++ b/packages/heml-utils/src/index.js
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 import { renderElement } from '@heml/render'
 import cssGroups from 'css-groups'
 import createElement from './createElement'
+import createMetaElement from './createMetaElement'
 import HEMLError from './HEMLError'
 import transforms from './transforms'
 import condition from './condition'
 
-module.exports = { createElement, renderElement, HEMLError, cssGroups, transforms, condition }
+module.exports = { createElement, createMetaElement, renderElement, HEMLError, cssGroups, transforms, condition }
diff --git a/packages/heml/src/bin/heml.js b/packages/heml/src/bin/heml.js
index 62769f2..8c36fb3 100755
--- a/packages/heml/src/bin/heml.js
+++ b/packages/heml/src/bin/heml.js
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ cli
   .option('-v, --validate [level]', 'Sets the validation level', /^(none|soft|strict)$/i, 'soft')
   .action(build)
 
-if (args.length === 0 || !commands.includes(first(args)) && !first(args).startsWith('-')) {
+if (args.length === 0 || (!commands.includes(first(args)) && !first(args).startsWith('-'))) {
   cli.outputHelp()
 }