diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 261cac6..81ad323 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ Notable changes to this project are documented in this file. The format is based
 
 Breaking changes:
 - Migrate FFI to ES modules (#51 by @JordanMartinez)
+- Unwrap returned `Effect` for `doctype` (#52 by @JordanMartinez)
 
 New features:
 
diff --git a/src/Web/DOM/Document.js b/src/Web/DOM/Document.js
index 405f97b..5b2d823 100644
--- a/src/Web/DOM/Document.js
+++ b/src/Web/DOM/Document.js
@@ -12,7 +12,9 @@ export const origin = getEffProp("origin");
 export const compatMode = getEffProp("compatMode");
 export const characterSet = getEffProp("characterSet");
 export const contentType = getEffProp("contentType");
-export const _doctype = getEffProp("doctype");
+export function _doctype(doc) {
+  return doc["doctype"];
+}
 export const _documentElement = getEffProp("documentElement");
 
 export function getElementsByTagName(localName) {
diff --git a/src/Web/DOM/Document.purs b/src/Web/DOM/Document.purs
index 8fbb3d8..981f135 100644
--- a/src/Web/DOM/Document.purs
+++ b/src/Web/DOM/Document.purs
@@ -89,10 +89,10 @@ foreign import compatMode :: Document -> Effect String
 foreign import characterSet :: Document -> Effect String
 foreign import contentType :: Document -> Effect String
 
-doctype :: Document -> Effect (Maybe DocumentType)
-doctype = map toMaybe <<< _doctype
+doctype :: Document -> Maybe DocumentType
+doctype = toMaybe <<< _doctype
 
-foreign import _doctype :: Document -> Effect (Nullable DocumentType)
+foreign import _doctype :: Document -> Nullable DocumentType
 
 documentElement :: Document -> Effect (Maybe Element)
 documentElement = map toMaybe <<< _documentElement