diff --git a/sample/sample-v-ui-app/src/non-issues/scroller-not-first-parent-div/sub-app.html b/sample/sample-v-ui-app/src/non-issues/scroller-not-first-parent-div/sub-app.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..42f0d5c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sample/sample-v-ui-app/src/non-issues/scroller-not-first-parent-div/sub-app.html
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+<template>
+  <div class="scroller">
+    <div class="grid-force-size">
+      <div class="d-flex grid-header">
+        <div class="p-2 grid-column-index" style="width: 50px;">#</div>
+        <div class="p-2" style="width: 200px;">First Name</div>
+        <div class="p-2" style="width: 200px;">Last Name</div>
+        <div class="p-2 flex-fill">Action</div>
+      </div>
+      <div
+        virtual-repeat.for="person of people"
+        infinite-scroll-next.call="push30($scrollContext)"
+        class="d-flex grid-row  ${$even ? 'grid-row-even' : 'grid-row-odd'}">
+        <div class="p-2 grid-column-index" style="width: 50px;">${$index}</div>
+        <div class="p-2" style="width: 200px;">${person.fname}</div>
+        <div class="p-2" style="width: 200px;">${person.lname}</div>
+        <div class="flex-fill">
+          <button type="button" class="btn btn-link"><i class="far fa-edit"></i></button>
+          <button type="button" class="btn btn-link"><i class="far fa-trash-alt"></i></button>
+        </div>
+      </div>
+    </div>
+  </div>
+   <style>
+    .scroller {
+      position: relative;
+      height: 500px;
+      width: 300px;
+      overflow: scroll;
+    }
+    .grid-force-size {
+      border-right: 3px solid #ff00ff;
+      border-bottom: 3px solid #ff00ff;
+      width: 600px;
+    }
+    .grid-header {
+      position: sticky;
+      top: 0px;
+      background-color: #f0f0f0;
+      border-top: 3px solid #ff00ff;
+      z-index: 2;
+    }
+    .grid-row-even {
+      background-color: #fff;
+    }
+    .grid-row-odd {
+      background-color: #f1a3f1;
+    }
+    .grid-column-index {
+      position: sticky;
+      left: 0px;
+      border-left: 3px solid #ff00ff;
+      z-index: 1;
+      background-color: aqua;
+      text-align: center;
+    }
+    .grid-header .grid-column-index {
+      background-color: #f0f0f0;
+    }
+  </style>
+</template>
diff --git a/sample/sample-v-ui-app/src/non-issues/scroller-not-first-parent-div/sub-app.ts b/sample/sample-v-ui-app/src/non-issues/scroller-not-first-parent-div/sub-app.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fd390ff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sample/sample-v-ui-app/src/non-issues/scroller-not-first-parent-div/sub-app.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+interface IScrollContext {
+  isAtTop: boolean;
+  isAtBottom: boolean;
+  topIndex: number;
+}
+
+export interface Person {
+  fname: string;
+  lname: string;
+}
+
+const fNames = [
+  // tslint:disable-next-line:max-line-length
+  'Ford', 'Arthur', 'Trillian', 'Sneezy', 'Sleepy', 'Dopey', 'Doc', 'Happy', 'Bashful', 'Grumpy', 'Mufasa', 'Jørgen', 'Simba', 'Nala', 'Kiara', 'Kovu', 'Timon', 'Pumbaa', 'Rafiki', 'Shenzi'
+];
+const lNames = [
+  // tslint:disable-next-line:max-line-length
+  'Prefect', 'Dent', 'Astra', 'Adams', 'Baker', 'Clark', 'Davis', 'Evans', 'Frank', 'Ghosh', 'Hills', 'Irwin', 'Jones', 'Klein', 'Lopez', 'Mason', 'Nalty', 'Ochoa', 'Patel', 'Quinn', 'Reily', 'Smith', 'Trott', 'Usman', 'Valdo', 'White', 'Xiang', 'Yakub', 'Zafar'
+];
+export class PromiseGetMoreApp {
+  private people: Person[];
+
+  constructor() {
+    this.people = [
+      { fname: fNames[0], lname: lNames[0] },
+      { fname: fNames[1], lname: lNames[1] },
+      { fname: fNames[2], lname: lNames[2] }
+    ];
+    this.push30(undefined, 0);
+  }
+
+  public async push30(scrollContext?: IScrollContext, count = 30) {
+    if (this.people.length < 200 && (!scrollContext || scrollContext.isAtBottom)) {
+      for (let i = 0; i < count; i++) {
+        this.people.push({
+          fname: fNames[Math.floor(Math.random() * fNames.length)],
+          lname: lNames[Math.floor(Math.random() * lNames.length)]
+        });
+      }
+    }
+    console.log('Population size:', this.people.length);
+  }
+}
diff --git a/sample/sample-v-ui-app/src/non-issues/sub-app.ts b/sample/sample-v-ui-app/src/non-issues/sub-app.ts
index 6b42c32..12059cd 100644
--- a/sample/sample-v-ui-app/src/non-issues/sub-app.ts
+++ b/sample/sample-v-ui-app/src/non-issues/sub-app.ts
@@ -31,6 +31,12 @@ export class PromiseGetMoreApp {
         moduleId: PLATFORM.moduleName('./scroller-table-multiple-repeats/sub-app'),
         nav: true,
         title: 'Scroller + Table + Position Relative + Multiple Repeats'
+      },
+      {
+        route: 'scroller-not-first-parent-div',
+        moduleId: PLATFORM.moduleName('./scroller-not-first-parent-div/sub-app'),
+        nav: true,
+        title: 'Scroller (not first parent) + Div'
       }
     ]).mapUnknownRoutes({
       redirect: '',
diff --git a/src/template-strategy-default.ts b/src/template-strategy-default.ts
index f4597ee..8c3421a 100644
--- a/src/template-strategy-default.ts
+++ b/src/template-strategy-default.ts
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 import { IView, ITemplateStrategy } from './interfaces';
-import { insertBeforeNode } from './utilities-dom';
+import { insertBeforeNode, getScrollContainer } from './utilities-dom';
 import { DOM } from 'aurelia-pal';
 
 export class DefaultTemplateStrategy implements ITemplateStrategy {
 
   getScrollContainer(element: Element): HTMLElement {
-    return element.parentNode as HTMLElement;
+    return getScrollContainer(element);
   }
 
   moveViewFirst(view: IView, topBuffer: Element): void {
diff --git a/src/utilities-dom.ts b/src/utilities-dom.ts
index ed1d124..5818ccf 100644
--- a/src/utilities-dom.ts
+++ b/src/utilities-dom.ts
@@ -7,10 +7,10 @@ import { IView } from './interfaces';
  * If none is found, return `document.documentElement`
  */
 export const getScrollContainer = (element: Node): HTMLElement => {
-  let current = element.parentNode as HTMLElement;
-  while (current !== null) {
+  let current = element.parentNode;
+  while (current !== null && current !== document) {
     if (hasOverflowScroll(current)) {
-      return current;
+      return current as HTMLElement;
     }
     current = current.parentNode as HTMLElement;
   }
@@ -30,11 +30,11 @@ export const getElementDistanceToTopOfDocument = (element: Element): number => {
 };
 
 /**
- * Check if an element has inline style scroll/auto for overflow/overflowY
+ * Check if an element has style scroll/auto for overflow/overflowY
  */
-export const hasOverflowScroll = (element: HTMLElement): boolean => {
-  let style = element.style;
-  return style.overflowY === 'scroll' || style.overflow === 'scroll' || style.overflowY === 'auto' || style.overflow === 'auto';
+export const hasOverflowScroll = (element): boolean => {
+  const style = window.getComputedStyle(element);
+  return style && (style.overflowY === 'scroll' || style.overflow === 'scroll' || style.overflowY === 'auto' || style.overflow === 'auto');
 };
 
 /**