diff --git a/src/modules/protection/ContentProtectionModule.ts b/src/modules/protection/ContentProtectionModule.ts
index 6aa62227..1f387700 100644
--- a/src/modules/protection/ContentProtectionModule.ts
+++ b/src/modules/protection/ContentProtectionModule.ts
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ export interface ContentProtectionModuleProperties {
   hideTargetUrl: boolean;
   disableDrag: boolean;
   supportedBrowsers: string[];
+  excludeNodes: string[];
 }
 
 export interface ContentProtectionModuleConfig
@@ -1373,8 +1374,13 @@ export class ContentProtectionModule implements ReaderModule {
     return textNodes.map((node) => {
       const { top, height, left, width } = this.measureTextNode(node);
       const scrambled =
-        node.parentElement?.nodeName === "option" ||
-        node.parentElement?.nodeName === "script"
+        node.parentElement &&
+        ((this.properties?.excludeNodes &&
+          this.properties?.excludeNodes.indexOf(
+            node.parentElement.nodeName.toLowerCase()
+          ) > -1) ||
+          node.parentElement?.nodeName.toLowerCase() === "option" ||
+          node.parentElement?.nodeName.toLowerCase() === "script")
           ? node.textContent
           : this.obfuscateText(node.textContent ?? "");
       let rect: ContentProtectionRect = {
diff --git a/src/modules/sampleread/SampleReadEventHandler.ts b/src/modules/sampleread/SampleReadEventHandler.ts
index c7c83d06..23d7ca61 100644
--- a/src/modules/sampleread/SampleReadEventHandler.ts
+++ b/src/modules/sampleread/SampleReadEventHandler.ts
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ export default class SampleReadEventHandler {
         this.navigator.errorMessage.style.backgroundColor =
           "rgb(255, 255, 255)";
         this.navigator.errorMessage.innerHTML =
-          this.navigator.sample?.popup ?? "";
+          "<span>" + this.navigator.sample?.popup + "</span>" ?? "";
       }
     } else {
       this.navigator.iframes[0].focus();
diff --git a/src/styles/sass/reader/_error.scss b/src/styles/sass/reader/_error.scss
index d5fcf7f7..1df29b58 100644
--- a/src/styles/sass/reader/_error.scss
+++ b/src/styles/sass/reader/_error.scss
@@ -18,13 +18,12 @@
  */
 
 .error {
-  position: relative;
+  position: sticky;
   z-index: 20;
   background-color: transparentize($ui-white, 0.125);
   color: $error-red;
   height: 100%;
   top: 0;
-  padding-top: 40vh;
   text-align: center;
   width: 100%;
   -webkit-user-select: none;
@@ -42,9 +41,12 @@
   }
 
   span {
-    display: block;
+    display: flex;
     margin-bottom: 0.75rem;
     font-size: 1.2rem;
+    height: 100vh;
+    justify-content: center;
+    align-items: center;
   }
 
   button {
diff --git a/src/styles/sass/reader/_loading.scss b/src/styles/sass/reader/_loading.scss
index 247e2f16..116783fe 100644
--- a/src/styles/sass/reader/_loading.scss
+++ b/src/styles/sass/reader/_loading.scss
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
 }
 
 .loading {
-  position: sticky;
+  position: absolute;
   width: 100%;
   height: 100%;
   top: 0;
diff --git a/viewer/index_dita.html b/viewer/index_dita.html
index cf6ae7d9..9e84d452 100644
--- a/viewer/index_dita.html
+++ b/viewer/index_dita.html
@@ -1310,6 +1310,7 @@
                 disableContextMenu: true,
                 hideTargetUrl: true,
                 disableDrag: false,
+                excludeNodes:["script", "option"],
                 supportedBrowsers: [ // this will only be used if enforceSupportedBrowsers is true, and has nothing to do with the r2d2bc modules supported browsers
                     "Chrome", "ChromeAndroid", "Edge", "Firefox", "iOS", "Safari",
                 ],
@@ -1405,7 +1406,7 @@
 
         }).catch(error => {
             console.error(error);
-            document.getElementById("reader-error").innerText = error.message;
+            document.getElementById("reader-error").innerHTML = "<span>"+error.message +"</span>";
         });
 
         function setColumns(columnCount) {