diff --git a/src/mermaidAPI.js b/src/mermaidAPI.js
index 339d98d54..521499e42 100755
--- a/src/mermaidAPI.js
+++ b/src/mermaidAPI.js
@@ -298,12 +298,15 @@ const render = function(id, _txt, cb, container) {
   if (graphType === 'flowchart' || graphType === 'flowchart-v2' || graphType === 'graph') {
     const classes = flowRenderer.getClasses(txt);
     for (const className in classes) {
-      if (cnf.htmlLabels) {
+      if (cnf.htmlLabels || cnf.flowchart.htmlLabels) {
+        userStyles += `\n.${className} > * { ${classes[className].styles.join(
+          ' !important; '
+        )} !important; }`;
         userStyles += `\n.${className} span { ${classes[className].styles.join(
           ' !important; '
         )} !important; }`;
       } else {
-        console.log('classes[className].styles', classes[className].styles, cnf.htmlLabels);
+        // console.log('classes[className].styles', classes[className].styles, cnf.htmlLabels);
         userStyles += `\n.${className} rect { ${classes[className].styles.join(
           ' !important; '
         )} !important; }`;