diff --git a/dist/morphlex.d.ts b/dist/morphlex.d.ts
index 8cd6f4d..e9d8d52 100644
--- a/dist/morphlex.d.ts
+++ b/dist/morphlex.d.ts
@@ -12,8 +12,6 @@ interface Options {
 	beforePropertyUpdated?: (node: Node, propertyName: PropertyKey, newValue: unknown) => boolean;
 	afterPropertyUpdated?: (node: Node, propertyName: PropertyKey, previousValue: unknown) => void;
 }
-export declare function morph(node: ChildNode, reference: ChildNode, options?: Options): void;
-export declare function morphInner(element: Element, reference: Element, options?: Options): void;
-export declare function morphFromString(node: ChildNode, reference: string, options?: Options): void;
-export declare function morphInnerFromString(element: Element, reference: string, options?: Options): void;
+export declare function morph(node: ChildNode, reference: ChildNode | string, options?: Options): void;
+export declare function morphInner(element: Element, reference: Element | string, options?: Options): void;
 export {};
diff --git a/dist/morphlex.js b/dist/morphlex.js
index 79dcfd8..069ad76 100644
--- a/dist/morphlex.js
+++ b/dist/morphlex.js
@@ -1,15 +1,11 @@
 export function morph(node, reference, options = {}) {
+	if (typeof reference === "string") reference = parseChildNodeFromString(reference);
 	new Morph(options).morph([node, reference]);
 }
 export function morphInner(element, reference, options = {}) {
+	if (typeof reference === "string") reference = parseElementFromString(reference);
 	new Morph(options).morphInner([element, reference]);
 }
-export function morphFromString(node, reference, options = {}) {
-	morph(node, parseChildNodeFromString(reference), options);
-}
-export function morphInnerFromString(element, reference, options = {}) {
-	morphInner(element, parseElementFromString(reference), options);
-}
 function parseElementFromString(string) {
 	const node = parseChildNodeFromString(string);
 	if (isElement(node)) return node;
@@ -18,8 +14,7 @@ function parseElementFromString(string) {
 function parseChildNodeFromString(string) {
 	const parser = new DOMParser();
 	const doc = parser.parseFromString(string, "text/html");
-	const firstChild = doc.body.firstChild;
-	if (doc.childNodes.length === 1) return firstChild;
+	if (doc.childNodes.length === 1) return doc.body.firstChild;
 	else throw new Error("[Morphlex] The string was not a valid HTML node.");
 }
 class Morph {
diff --git a/src/morphlex.ts b/src/morphlex.ts
index 6c23836..611396c 100644
--- a/src/morphlex.ts
+++ b/src/morphlex.ts
@@ -49,22 +49,16 @@ interface Options {
 	afterPropertyUpdated?: (node: Node, propertyName: PropertyKey, previousValue: unknown) => void;
 }
 
-export function morph(node: ChildNode, reference: ChildNode, options: Options = {}): void {
+export function morph(node: ChildNode, reference: ChildNode | string, options: Options = {}): void {
+	if (typeof reference === "string") reference = parseChildNodeFromString(reference);
 	new Morph(options).morph([node, reference]);
 }
 
-export function morphInner(element: Element, reference: Element, options: Options = {}): void {
+export function morphInner(element: Element, reference: Element | string, options: Options = {}): void {
+	if (typeof reference === "string") reference = parseElementFromString(reference);
 	new Morph(options).morphInner([element, reference]);
 }
 
-export function morphFromString(node: ChildNode, reference: string, options: Options = {}): void {
-	morph(node, parseChildNodeFromString(reference), options);
-}
-
-export function morphInnerFromString(element: Element, reference: string, options: Options = {}): void {
-	morphInner(element, parseElementFromString(reference), options);
-}
-
 function parseElementFromString(string: string): Element {
 	const node = parseChildNodeFromString(string);
 
@@ -75,9 +69,8 @@ function parseElementFromString(string: string): Element {
 function parseChildNodeFromString(string: string): ChildNode {
 	const parser = new DOMParser();
 	const doc = parser.parseFromString(string, "text/html");
-	const firstChild = doc.body.firstChild;
 
-	if (doc.childNodes.length === 1) return firstChild as ChildNode;
+	if (doc.childNodes.length === 1) return doc.body.firstChild as ChildNode;
 	else throw new Error("[Morphlex] The string was not a valid HTML node.");
 }