diff --git a/mustache-qooxdoo/qooxdoo.mustache.js.tpl.pre b/mustache-qooxdoo/qooxdoo.mustache.js.tpl.pre
index a70d0a4..42b3767 100644
--- a/mustache-qooxdoo/qooxdoo.mustache.js.tpl.pre
+++ b/mustache-qooxdoo/qooxdoo.mustache.js.tpl.pre
@@ -105,15 +105,29 @@ qx.Class.define("qx.bom.Template", {
      * @return {DomNode} A DOM element holding the parsed template data.
      */
     get : function(id, view, partials) {
+      // get the content stored in the DOM
       var template = document.getElementById(id);
       var inner = template.innerHTML;
-
+      
+      // apply the view
       inner = this.toHtml(inner, view, partials);
-
+      
+      // special case for text only conversion
+      if (inner.search(/<|>/) === -1) {
+        return inner;
+      }
+      
+      // create a helper to convert the string into DOM nodes
       var helper = qx.bom.Element.create("div");
       helper.innerHTML = inner;
       
-      return helper.children[0];
+      // use a document fragment to return more than one note
+      var docFragment = document.createDocumentFragment();
+      for (var i = helper.childNodes.length - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
+        qx.dom.Element.insertBegin(helper.childNodes[i], docFragment);
+      };
+      
+      return docFragment;
     }
   }
 });