diff --git a/packages/components/bolt-share/src/share.standalone.js b/packages/components/bolt-share/src/share.standalone.js
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/packages/components/bolt-share/src/share.standalone.js
+++ b/packages/components/bolt-share/src/share.standalone.js
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ class BoltShare extends withHyperHtml {
 
   constructor(self) {
     self = super(self);
+    this.useShadow = false;
     return self;
   }
fix: manually opt out of shadow DOM encapsulation of the share component for the time being (until ongoing refactor work is wrapped up)