diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 9f61ad64e..f7156b125 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+.dioxus
 /target
 /packages/playwright-tests/web/dist
 /packages/playwright-tests/fullstack/dist
diff --git a/packages/ssr/src/cache.rs b/packages/ssr/src/cache.rs
index c2962d11b..dd2d316aa 100644
--- a/packages/ssr/src/cache.rs
+++ b/packages/ssr/src/cache.rs
@@ -156,11 +156,20 @@ impl StringCache {
                 cur_path.pop();
             }
             TemplateNode::Text { text } => {
+                // write the id if we are prerendering and this is a root node that may need to be removed in the future
+                if prerender && is_root {
+                    write!(chain, "<!--node-id")?;
+                    chain.segments.push(Segment::RootNodeMarker);
+                    write!(chain, "-->")?;
+                }
                 write!(
                     chain,
                     "{}",
                     askama_escape::escape(text, askama_escape::Html)
                 )?;
+                if prerender && is_root {
+                    write!(chain, "<!--#-->")?;
+                }
             }
             TemplateNode::Dynamic { id: idx } | TemplateNode::DynamicText { id: idx } => {
                 chain.segments.push(Segment::Node(*idx))
diff --git a/packages/web/src/rehydrate.rs b/packages/web/src/rehydrate.rs
index 9e16ff77c..5c425de79 100644
--- a/packages/web/src/rehydrate.rs
+++ b/packages/web/src/rehydrate.rs
@@ -113,7 +113,11 @@ impl WebsysDom {
                     ids,
                     to_mount,
                 )?,
-            _ => {}
+            TemplateNode::Text { .. } => {
+                if let Some(id) = root_id {
+                    ids.push(id.0 as u32);
+                }
+            }
         }
         Ok(())
     }