diff --git a/src/browser/tests/node/text_content.html b/src/browser/tests/node/text_content.html
index d6250320..fc6a0de9 100644
--- a/src/browser/tests/node/text_content.html
+++ b/src/browser/tests/node/text_content.html
@@ -1,6 +1,12 @@
 <!DOCTYPE html>
 <script src="../testing.js"></script>
 <div id=id1>d1 <p>hello</p></div>
+<div id=id2>
+  <style>h1 { font-size: 1em; }</style>
+  <!-- this is a comment -->
+  This is a <br>
+  text
+</div>
 
 <script id=element>
   const div = $('#id1');
@@ -8,6 +14,9 @@
 
   div.textContent = 'world <p>!</p>';
   testing.expectEqual('world <p>!</p>', div.textContent);
+
+  const div2 = $('#id2');
+  testing.expectEqual("\n  h1 { font-size: 1em; }\n  \n  This is a \n  text\n", div2.textContent);
 </script>
 
 <script id=document>
@@ -28,8 +37,8 @@
   const attr = div.getAttributeNode('id');
   testing.expectEqual('id1', attr.value);
   testing.expectEqual('id1', attr.textContent);
-  attr.textContent = 'id2';
-  testing.expectEqual('id2', attr.value);
-  testing.expectEqual('id2', attr.textContent);
-  testing.expectEqual(div, $('#id2'));
+  attr.textContent = 'attr2';
+  testing.expectEqual('attr2', attr.value);
+  testing.expectEqual('attr2', attr.textContent);
+  testing.expectEqual(div, $('#attr2'));
 </script>
diff --git a/src/browser/webapi/Node.zig b/src/browser/webapi/Node.zig
index 596dc554..2cb0d323 100644
--- a/src/browser/webapi/Node.zig
+++ b/src/browser/webapi/Node.zig
@@ -171,7 +171,20 @@ pub fn childNodes(self: *const Node, page: *Page) !*collections.ChildNodes {
 
 pub fn getTextContent(self: *Node, writer: *std.Io.Writer) error{WriteFailed}!void {
     switch (self._type) {
-        .element => |el| return el.getInnerText(writer),
+        .element => {
+            var it = self.childrenIterator();
+            while (it.next()) |child| {
+                // ignore comments and TODO processing instructions.
+                switch (child._type) {
+                    .cdata => |c| switch (c._type) {
+                        .comment => continue,
+                        .text => {},
+                    },
+                    else => {},
+                }
+                try child.getTextContent(writer);
+            }
+        },
         .cdata => |c| try writer.writeAll(c.getData()),
         .document => {},
         .document_type => {},
@@ -719,7 +732,7 @@ pub const JsApi = struct {
         switch (self._type) {
             .element => |el| {
                 var buf = std.Io.Writer.Allocating.init(page.call_arena);
-                try el.getInnerText(&buf.writer);
+                try el.asNode().getTextContent(&buf.writer);
                 return buf.written();
             },
             .cdata => |cdata| return cdata.getData(),
