diff --git a/src/fragment.zig b/src/fragment.zig
index 323ebe3..080a54a 100644
--- a/src/fragment.zig
+++ b/src/fragment.zig
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ const VOID_ELEMENTS = [_][]const u8{
 const ElementConfig = struct {
     close: bool = true,
     empty: bool = false,
+    raw: bool = false,
 
     pub fn default(ntype: ?[]const u8) @This() {
         const name = ntype orelse return .{};
@@ -113,7 +114,7 @@ fn elem(l: *Lua, w: *std.Io.Writer) Error!void {
     if (name != null) try w.writeByte('>');
 
     // children
-    try writeChildren(l, w);
+    try writeChildren(l, w, config);
     l.pop(1);
 
     // close
@@ -175,7 +176,7 @@ fn writeProps(l: *Lua, w: *std.Io.Writer) !void {
     }
 }
 
-fn writeChildren(l: *Lua, w: *std.Io.Writer) !void {
+fn writeChildren(l: *Lua, w: *std.Io.Writer, config: ElementConfig) !void {
     var arena: std.heap.ArenaAllocator = .init(maivi.allocator);
     defer arena.deinit();
     var allocator = arena.allocator();
@@ -198,16 +199,20 @@ fn writeChildren(l: *Lua, w: *std.Io.Writer) !void {
             _ = try display.elem(l);
             // stack now contains: -1 => value (parsed); -2 => value; -3 => key; -4 => table
 
-            // uses -1 => value (parsed)
-            _ = try str.escape(l);
-            // stack now contains: -1 => value (escaped); -2 => value (parsed); -3 => value; -4 => key; -5 => table
+            if (!config.raw) {
+                // uses -1 => value (parsed)
+                _ = try str.escape(l);
+                // stack now contains: -1 => value (escaped); -2 => value (parsed); -3 => value; -4 => key; -5 => table
+            }
 
             const vz = try l.toString(-1);
             const v = try allocator.dupe(u8, vz);
 
-            try w.writeAll(v);
+            if (!config.raw)
+                l.pop(1); // pop escaped
+            l.pop(1); // pop parsed
 
-            l.pop(2); // pop parsed + escaped
+            try w.writeAll(v);
         } else {
             // uses -1 => value
             try elem(l, w);
diff --git a/src/lua/runtime/h.lua b/src/lua/runtime/h.lua
index d83169a..ed1acff 100644
--- a/src/lua/runtime/h.lua
+++ b/src/lua/runtime/h.lua
@@ -3,8 +3,10 @@
 local h = {}
 
 h.document = maivi.elem("!DOCTYPE html", { close = false })
+h.raw = maivi.elem(nil, { raw = true })
 h.comment = function(str)
-  return string.format("<!-- %s -->", str)
+  str = maivi.str.escape(str)
+  return h.raw(string.format("<!-- %s -->", str))
 end
 
 -- svg