diff --git a/vendor/space-pen.coffee b/vendor/space-pen.coffee
index 644b981cb..119d34428 100644
--- a/vendor/space-pen.coffee
+++ b/vendor/space-pen.coffee
@@ -185,4 +185,5 @@ for methodName in ['prependTo', 'appendTo', 'insertAfter', 'insertBefore']
 
 (exports ? this).View = View
 (exports ? this).$$ = (fn) -> View.render.call(View, fn)
+(exports ? this).$$$ = (fn) -> View.buildHtml.call(View, fn)[0]