diff --git a/src/javascript/vendor/openfin_hypergrid_polymer/fin-hypergrid.dev.html b/src/javascript/vendor/openfin_hypergrid_polymer/fin-hypergrid.dev.html
index 1deb6c0..5520ec5 100644
--- a/src/javascript/vendor/openfin_hypergrid_polymer/fin-hypergrid.dev.html
+++ b/src/javascript/vendor/openfin_hypergrid_polymer/fin-hypergrid.dev.html
@@ -10326,8 +10326,10 @@
      */
     shadowFromTemplate: function(template) {
       if (template) {
-        // make a shadow root
-        var root = this.createShadowRoot();
+        var root = this.shadowRoot;
+        if (root === null)
+          // make a shadow root
+          root = this.createShadowRoot();
         // stamp template
         // which includes parsing and applying MDV bindings before being
         // inserted (to avoid {{}} in attribute values)