diff --git a/src/Data/HTML2CSS.hs b/src/Data/HTML2CSS.hs
--- a/src/Data/HTML2CSS.hs
+++ b/src/Data/HTML2CSS.hs
@@ -103,9 +103,8 @@
 stylize = preorder . stylize'
 stylize' :: PropertyParser s => QueryableStyleSheet s -> Maybe [(Txt.Text, s)] -> Maybe [(Txt.Text, s)] ->
         Element -> [(Txt.Text, s)]
-stylize' stylesheet parent _ el = [
-        (k, if Txt.null k then base else cascade' v [] base)
-        | (k, v) <- HM.toList $ queryRules stylesheet el
+stylize' stylesheet parent _ el = ("", base) : [
+        (k, cascade' v [] base) | (k, v) <- HM.toList $ queryRules stylesheet el
     ] where
         base = cascade stylesheet el overrides $ fromMaybe temp $ lookup "" =<< parent
         overrides = concat [fst $ parseProperties' $ tokenize $ Txt.pack val
diff --git a/xml-conduit-stylist.cabal b/xml-conduit-stylist.cabal
--- a/xml-conduit-stylist.cabal
+++ b/xml-conduit-stylist.cabal
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 -- PVP summary:      +-+------- breaking API changes
 --                   | | +----- non-breaking API additions
 --                   | | | +--- code changes with no API change
-version:             2.0.0.0
+version:             2.1.0.0
 
 -- A short (one-line) description of the package.
 synopsis:            Bridge between xml-conduit/html-conduit and stylist