diff --git a/reader_src/reader.js b/reader_src/reader.js
index 3ec82e5..10173b0 100644
--- a/reader_src/reader.js
+++ b/reader_src/reader.js
@@ -269,8 +269,12 @@ EPUBJS.Reader.prototype.applySavedSettings = function() {
 		if(!localStorage) {
 			return false;
 		}
-		
+
+	try {
 		stored = JSON.parse(localStorage.getItem(this.settings.bookKey));
+	} catch (e) { // parsing error of localStorage
+		return false;
+	}
 		
 		if(stored) {
 			this.settings = _.defaults(this.settings, stored);
diff --git a/src/epubcfi.js b/src/epubcfi.js
index 6ab147f..359f96d 100644
--- a/src/epubcfi.js
+++ b/src/epubcfi.js
@@ -40,8 +40,14 @@ EPUBJS.EpubCFI.prototype.generateCfiFromElement = function(element, chapter) {
 		// Start of Chapter
 		return "epubcfi(" + chapter + "!/4/)";
 	} else {
+		var offset = "";
+		var embeddedElements = ["audio", "canvas", "embed", "iframe", "img", "math", "object", "svg", "video"];
+		if (embeddedElements.indexOf(element.tagName.toLowerCase()) === -1) {
+			// if the element could contain text, set the character offset;
+			offset += "/1:0";
+		}
 		// First Text Node
-		return "epubcfi(" + chapter + "!" + path + "/1:0)";
+		return "epubcfi(" + chapter + "!" + path + offset + ")";
 	}
 };
 
diff --git a/src/renderer.js b/src/renderer.js
index 04f2e26..5f99738 100644
--- a/src/renderer.js
+++ b/src/renderer.js
@@ -484,6 +484,15 @@ EPUBJS.Renderer.prototype.firstElementisTextNode = function(node) {
 	return false;
 };
 
+EPUBJS.Renderer.prototype.isGoodNode = function(node) {
+	var embeddedElements = ["audio", "canvas", "embed", "iframe", "img", "math", "object", "svg", "video"];
+	if (embeddedElements.indexOf(node.tagName.toLowerCase()) !== -1) {
+		// Embedded elements usually do not have a text node as first element, but are also good nodes
+		return true;
+	}
+	return this.firstElementisTextNode(node);
+};
+
 // Walk the node tree from a start element to next visible element
 EPUBJS.Renderer.prototype.walk = function(node, x, y) {
 	var r, children, leng,
@@ -495,7 +504,7 @@ EPUBJS.Renderer.prototype.walk = function(node, x, y) {
 
 	while(!r && stack.length) {
 		node = stack.shift();
-		if( this.containsPoint(node, x, y) && this.firstElementisTextNode(node)) {
+		if( this.containsPoint(node, x, y) && this.isGoodNode(node)) {
 			r = node;
 		}
 
diff --git a/src/replace.js b/src/replace.js
index 20f0b9d..7286fd6 100644
--- a/src/replace.js
+++ b/src/replace.js
@@ -77,7 +77,10 @@ EPUBJS.replace.links = function(_store, full, done, link){
 			}, 5); //-- Allow for css to apply before displaying chapter
 		});
 	}else{
-		_store.getUrl(full).then(done);
+		_store.getUrl(full).then(done, function(reason) {
+			// we were unable to get the url, signal to upper layer
+			done(null);
+		});
 	}
 };