diff --git a/src/TinyHtmlMinifier.php b/src/TinyHtmlMinifier.php
index d628c06..8c914c7 100644
--- a/src/TinyHtmlMinifier.php
+++ b/src/TinyHtmlMinifier.php
@@ -82,10 +82,10 @@ public function minify(string $html) : string
         return $this->output;
     }
 
-    // Walk trough html
+    // Walk through html
     private function walk(&$part)
     {
-        $tag_parts = explode('>', $part);
+        $tag_parts = explode('>', $part, 2);  // Limit of 2 parts to prevent issues with '>' in content (eg. JS comparison)
         $tag_content = $tag_parts[0];
 
         if (!empty($tag_content)) {
diff --git a/tests/tests.html b/tests/tests.html
index 212464e..0e2354e 100644
--- a/tests/tests.html
+++ b/tests/tests.html
@@ -66,6 +66,10 @@
     <script>
         console.log('Script tags are not minified');
         console.log('This is inside a script tag');
+        // Test greater than sign not stripped from scripts
+        if (1 > 2) {
+          console.log('This should not happen!');
+        }
     </script>
 
 </body>