diff --git a/COPYING b/COPYING
index 2fcb217..caeca07 120000
--- a/COPYING
+++ b/COPYING
@@ -1 +1 @@
-/usr/share/automake-1.13/COPYING
\ No newline at end of file
+/usr/share/automake-1.14/COPYING
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index 8b641e3..f812f5a 120000
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -1 +1 @@
-/usr/share/automake-1.13/INSTALL
\ No newline at end of file
+/usr/share/automake-1.14/INSTALL
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 6e6f920..cc9a4ae 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -34,8 +34,7 @@ export QT_SELECT=5
 AC_SUBST(QT_SELECT)
 
 # qt features
-AX_REQUIRE_QT([QT], [QtCore QtGui QtNetwork QtWebKit],
-              [QtWidgets QtWebKitWidgets])
+AX_REQUIRE_QT([QT], [QtCore QtGui QtNetwork QtWebKit], [QtWidgets QtWebKitWidgets])
 AM_CPPFLAGS="${AM_CPPFLAGS} -DQT_NO_KEYWORDS"
 
 # libraries used
diff --git a/src/commands.hxx b/src/commands.hxx
index 5d7bad9..70c7dc1 100644
--- a/src/commands.hxx
+++ b/src/commands.hxx
@@ -1508,16 +1508,16 @@ class Exists: public Command {
       QString selector(script->replacevars(_selector));
       QString text(script->replacevars(_text));
       QStringList notfound;
+      QWebElement firstelement(find(frame, selector));
       Q_FOREACH(QWebElement element, frame->findAllElements(selector)) {
         if (text.isEmpty()) return true; // just find element
         if (element.toOuterXml().indexOf(text)!=-1) return true;
         if (element.toPlainText().indexOf(text)!=-1) return true;
         notfound += element.toOuterXml();
       }
-      QWebElement element(find(frame, selector));
       if (text.isEmpty())
         error(log, AssertionFailed("element not found: "+selector));
-      else if (element.isNull())
+      else if (firstelement.isNull())
         error(log, AssertionFailed("expected \""+text+"\" in non existing element "
                                    +selector));
       else