diff --git a/theme/assets/javascripts/randomize-element.js b/theme/assets/javascripts/randomize-element.js
index c58c8e561d..44b25968c7 100644
--- a/theme/assets/javascripts/randomize-element.js
+++ b/theme/assets/javascripts/randomize-element.js
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ let globalData = document.querySelector("#global-data");
 if (globalData.dataset.randomizeElement) {
   // Get elements to be randomized from meta tag in HTML
   let randomizeElement = globalData.dataset.randomizeElement;
-  console.log("Randomizing child elements of " + randomizeElement)
+  console.log("Randomizing child elements of " + randomizeElement);
 
   // Get all elements to be randomized
   let randomizeChildren = document.querySelectorAll(randomizeElement);
@@ -49,14 +49,15 @@ if (globalData.dataset.randomizeElement) {
     let randomChildren = Array.from(children)
       .map(value => ({ value, sort: Math.random() }))
       .sort((a, b) => a.sort - b.sort)
-      .map(({ value }) => value)
+      .map(({ value }) => value);
 
-    // Clear the contents of the element
-    children.forEach(e => e.remove());
-
-    // Iterate over each element of randomChildren
-    for (const childElement of randomChildren) {
-      element.appendChild(childElement);
+    // Replace each element with randomly selected element
+    for (let i = 0; i < children.length; i++) {
+      let child = randomChildren[i].cloneNode(true);
+      child.classList.add("randomized");
+      let parent = children[i].parentNode;
+      parent.insertBefore(child, children[i]);
+      children[i].remove();
     }
 
   }