From ce2f2b7684ddbef7345cf89231ab829734139bfe Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: pimlie <pimlie@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 15 Oct 2019 10:47:59 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] feat: return root instance if not mounted

---
 src/utils/createVueInstance.js | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/utils/createVueInstance.js b/src/utils/createVueInstance.js
index 8ab10bc..0d61777 100644
--- a/src/utils/createVueInstance.js
+++ b/src/utils/createVueInstance.js
@@ -99,7 +99,10 @@ export default function createVueInstance(element, Vue, componentDefinition, pro
     // Define the Vue constructor to manage the element
     element.__vue_custom_element__ = new Vue(rootElement);
     element.__vue_custom_element_props__ = props;
-    element.getVueInstance = () => element.__vue_custom_element__.$children[0];
+    element.getVueInstance = () => {
+      const vueInstance = element.__vue_custom_element__;
+      return vueInstance.$children.length ? vueInstance.$children[0] : vueInstance;
+    };
 
     if (options.shadow && options.shadowCss && element.shadowRoot) {
       const style = document.createElement('style');