diff --git a/.changeset/eighty-tools-search.md b/.changeset/eighty-tools-search.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7bc3abbd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/eighty-tools-search.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"preact-render-to-string": patch
+---
+
+fix: hydration might remove the node from the DOM causing it no longer have a parent
diff --git a/src/lib/client.js b/src/lib/client.js
index c0f5cb72..b2325626 100644
--- a/src/lib/client.js
+++ b/src/lib/client.js
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
 // 						c = s;
 // 					}
 
-// 					d.parentNode.removeChild(d);
+// 					if (d.parentNode) d.parentNode.removeChild(d);
 // 				});
 // 			}
 // 		}
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
 // }
 
 // To modify the INIT_SCRIPT, uncomment the above code, modify it, and paste it into https://try.terser.org/.
-const INIT_SCRIPT = `class e extends HTMLElement{connectedCallback(){var e=this;if(!e.isConnected)return;let t=this.getAttribute("data-target");if(t){for(var r,a,i=document.createNodeIterator(document,128);i.nextNode();){let e=i.referenceNode;if(e.data=="preact-island:"+t?r=e:e.data=="/preact-island:"+t&&(a=e),r&&a)break}r&&a&&requestAnimationFrame((()=>{for(var t=a.previousSibling;t!=r&&t&&t!=r;)a.parentNode.removeChild(t),t=a.previousSibling;for(i=r;e.firstChild;)r=e.firstChild,e.removeChild(r),i.after(r),i=r;e.parentNode.removeChild(e)}))}}}customElements.define("preact-island",e);`;
+const INIT_SCRIPT = `class e extends HTMLElement{connectedCallback(){var e=this;if(!e.isConnected)return;let t=this.getAttribute("data-target");if(t){for(var r,a,i=document.createNodeIterator(document,128);i.nextNode();){let e=i.referenceNode;if(e.data=="preact-island:"+t?r=e:e.data=="/preact-island:"+t&&(a=e),r&&a)break}r&&a&&requestAnimationFrame((()=>{for(var t=a.previousSibling;t!=r&&t&&t!=r;)a.parentNode.removeChild(t),t=a.previousSibling;for(i=r;e.firstChild;)r=e.firstChild,e.removeChild(r),i.after(r),i=r;e.parentNode&&e.parentNode.removeChild(e)}))}}}customElements.define("preact-island",e);`;
 
 export function createInitScript() {
 	return `<script>(function(){${INIT_SCRIPT}}())</script>`;