diff --git a/src/browser/ScriptManager.zig b/src/browser/ScriptManager.zig
index c3af725d..f06fc1f2 100644
--- a/src/browser/ScriptManager.zig
+++ b/src/browser/ScriptManager.zig
@@ -170,8 +170,8 @@ pub fn addFromElement(self: *ScriptManager, element: *parser.Element) !void {
         .element = element,
         .source = source,
         .url = remote_url orelse page.url.raw,
-        .is_defer = try parser.elementGetAttribute(element, "defer") != null,
-        .is_async = try parser.elementGetAttribute(element, "async") != null,
+        .is_defer = if (remote_url == null) false else try parser.elementGetAttribute(element, "defer") != null,
+        .is_async = if (remote_url == null) false else try parser.elementGetAttribute(element, "async") != null,
     };
 
     if (source == .@"inline" and self.scripts.first == null) {
diff --git a/src/browser/html/elements.zig b/src/browser/html/elements.zig
index c9494578..a3f667df 100644
--- a/src/browser/html/elements.zig
+++ b/src/browser/html/elements.zig
@@ -1480,6 +1480,10 @@ test "Browser.HTML.HTMLStyleElement" {
     }, .{});
 }
 
+test "Browser: HTML.HTMLScriptElement" {
+    try testing.htmlRunner("html/script/inline_defer.html");
+}
+
 const Check = struct {
     input: []const u8,
     expected: ?[]const u8 = null, // Needed when input != expected
diff --git a/src/tests/html/script/inline_defer.html b/src/tests/html/script/inline_defer.html
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c69c775d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/tests/html/script/inline_defer.html
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+<head>
+  <script>
+    let dyn1_loaded = 0;
+    function loadScript(src) {
+      const script = document.createElement('script');
+      script.src = src;
+      document.getElementsByTagName("head")[0].appendChild(script)
+    }
+  </script>
+</head>
+
+<script src="../../testing.js"></script>
+
+<script defer>
+  loadScript('inline_defer.js');
+</script>
+
+<script async>
+  loadScript('inline_defer.js');
+</script>
+
+<script id=inline_defer>
+  // inline script should ignore defer and async attributes. If we don't do
+  // this correctly, we'd end up in an infinite loop
+  // https://github.com/lightpanda-io/browser/issues/1014
+  testing.eventually(() => testing.expectEqual(2, dyn1_loaded));
+</script>
diff --git a/src/tests/html/script/inline_defer.js b/src/tests/html/script/inline_defer.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1e0ee1a4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/tests/html/script/inline_defer.js
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+dyn1_loaded += 1;
