diff --git a/src/Monocle.psd1 b/src/Monocle.psd1
index 8cdab1e..0f81047 100644
--- a/src/Monocle.psd1
+++ b/src/Monocle.psd1
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
     RootModule = 'Monocle.psm1'
 
     # Version number of this module.
-    ModuleVersion = '0.12.3'
+    ModuleVersion = '0.13.0'
 
     # ID used to uniquely identify this module
     GUID = '9dc3c8a1-664d-4253-a5d2-920250d3a15f'
diff --git a/src/Monocle.psm1 b/src/Monocle.psm1
index 693e302..19ee42c 100644
--- a/src/Monocle.psm1
+++ b/src/Monocle.psm1
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
-# load private functions
+# root path to module
 $root = Split-Path -Parent -Path $MyInvocation.MyCommand.Path
+
+# get the path to the libraries and load them
+$libraries = Join-Path $root 'lib'
+$library = Join-Path $libraries 'Microsoft.mshtml.dll'
+[System.Reflection.Assembly]::LoadFrom($library) | Out-Null
+
+# load private functions
 Get-ChildItem "$($root)/Private/*.ps1" | Resolve-Path | ForEach-Object { . $_ }
 
 # get current functions to import public functions
diff --git a/src/Private/Elements.ps1 b/src/Private/Elements.ps1
index 6eadf13..fd858c6 100644
--- a/src/Private/Elements.ps1
+++ b/src/Private/Elements.ps1
@@ -127,16 +127,29 @@ function Get-MonocleElementByTagName
     $document = $Browser.Document
 
     # get all elements for the tag
+    Write-Verbose -Message "Finding element with tag <$TagName>"
     $elements = $document.IHTMLDocument3_getElementsByTagName($TagName)
     $id = $TagName.ToLowerInvariant()
 
     # if we have attribute info, attempt to get an element
     if ($PSCmdlet.ParameterSetName -ieq 'Attribute')
     {
-        Write-Verbose -Message "Finding element with tag <$TagName>, attribute '$AttributeName' with value '$AttributeValue'"
+        Write-Verbose -Message "Filtering $($elements.Length) elements by attribute '$AttributeName' with value '$AttributeValue'"
+        $found = $false
+        $justFirst = [string]::IsNullOrWhiteSpace($ElementValue)
 
-        $elements = $elements |
-            Where-Object { $_.getAttribute($AttributeName) -imatch $AttributeValue }
+        $elements = @(foreach ($element in $elements) {
+            if ($element.getAttribute($AttributeName) -inotmatch $AttributeValue) {
+                continue
+            }
+
+            $found = $true
+            $element
+
+            if ($found -and $justFirst) {
+                break
+            }
+        })
 
         # throw error if can't find element
         if ((Test-MonocleElementNull -Element ($elements | Select-Object -First 1)) -and !$NoThrow) {
@@ -148,7 +161,7 @@ function Get-MonocleElementByTagName
 
     if (![string]::IsNullOrWhiteSpace($ElementValue))
     {
-        Write-Verbose -Message "Finding element with tag <$TagName>, and value '$ElementValue'"
+        Write-Verbose -Message "Filtering $($elements.Length) elements with tag <$TagName>, and value '$ElementValue'"
 
         $element = $elements |
             Where-Object { $_.value -imatch $ElementValue }
diff --git a/src/lib/Microsoft.mshtml.dll b/src/lib/Microsoft.mshtml.dll
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..46e2e0c
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