diff --git a/unstructured/partition/html/parser.py b/unstructured/partition/html/parser.py
index 5f4d09d401..61bf1321d6 100644
--- a/unstructured/partition/html/parser.py
+++ b/unstructured/partition/html/parser.py
@@ -926,7 +926,7 @@ def derive_element_type_from_text(text: str) -> type[Text] | None:
 # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 
-html_parser = etree.HTMLParser(remove_comments=True)
+html_parser = etree.HTMLParser(remove_comments=True, huge_tree=True)
 # -- elements that don't have a registered class get DefaultElement --
 fallback = etree.ElementDefaultClassLookup(element=DefaultElement)
 # -- elements that do have a registered class are assigned that class via lookup --