diff --git a/svg-injector.js b/svg-injector.js
index 08de011..c886e98 100644
--- a/svg-injector.js
+++ b/svg-injector.js
@@ -224,6 +224,12 @@
       return;
     }
 
+    // If we don't have a parentNode we can not replace the node inline 
+    if (!el.parentNode) {
+      callback('Attempted to process an image that is not in the DOM. SVG to load:' + imgUrl);
+      return;
+    }
+
     // Remember the request to inject this element, in case other injection
     // calls are also trying to replace this element before we finish
     injectedElements.push(el);
diff --git a/tests/race-condition/index.html b/tests/race-condition/index.html
index 620524f..8baaa9f 100755
--- a/tests/race-condition/index.html
+++ b/tests/race-condition/index.html
@@ -23,10 +23,20 @@
     <img id="thumb-up-two" class="inject-me-twice thumb-icon" data-src="assets/svg/thumb-up.svg" title="I like it!" alt="thumb up">
     <img id="thumb-up-three" class="inject-me-three-times thumb-icon" data-src="assets/svg/thumb-up.svg" title="I like it!" alt="thumb up">
 
+    <img id="thumb-up-errors" class="thumb-icon" data-src="assets/svg/thumb-up.svg" style="fill:plum;" title="I like it!" alt="js errors">
+
 
     <script src="js/svg-injector.min.js"></script>
     <script>
 
+      window.onerror = function(e){
+        // visually identify catch js errors
+        document.getElementById('thumb-up-errors').setAttribute('style', 'fill:maroon');
+      };
+
+      SVGInjector(document.getElementById('thumb-up-errors'));
+
+
       // Stress Test...
 
       // Call the same injection call lots of time to try and trigger a race condition
@@ -94,6 +104,17 @@
         console.log('[Three] We injected ' + totalSVGsInjected + ' SVG(s)!');
       });
 
+
+      (function(){
+        
+        // Attempt to run SVG injection on an orphaned element
+        var orphan = document.createElement('img');
+        orphan.setAttribute('data-src', 'assets/svg/thumb-up.svg');
+        
+        // Make sure we don't throw a parentNode is null error
+        SVGInjector(orphan); 
+      })();
+
     </script>
   </body>
 </html>