diff --git a/jquery.scrollbox.js b/jquery.scrollbox.js
index 5bdcfb1..38af0cf 100644
--- a/jquery.scrollbox.js
+++ b/jquery.scrollbox.js
@@ -22,7 +22,9 @@ $.fn.scrollbox = function(config) {
     autoPlay: true,
     onMouseOverPause: true,
     paused: false,
-    queue: null
+    queue: null,
+    listElement: 'ul',
+    listItemElement:'li'
   };
   config = $.extend(defConfig, config);
   config.scrollOffset = config.direction === 'vertical' ? 'scrollTop' : 'scrollLeft';
@@ -46,7 +48,7 @@ $.fn.scrollbox = function(config) {
       container.bind('mouseover', function() { paused = true; });
       container.bind('mouseout', function() { paused = false; });
     }
-    containerUL = container.children('ul:first-child');
+    containerUL = container.children(config.listElement + ':first-child');
 
     scrollForward = function() {
       if (paused) {
@@ -58,7 +60,7 @@ $.fn.scrollbox = function(config) {
           scrollDistance,
           theStep;
 
-      curLi = containerUL.children('li:first-child');
+      curLi = containerUL.children(config.listItemElement + ':first-child');
 
       scrollDistance = config.distance !== 'auto' ? config.distance :
         config.direction === 'vertical' ? curLi.outerHeight(true) : curLi.outerWidth(true);
@@ -74,11 +76,11 @@ $.fn.scrollbox = function(config) {
 
       if (newScrollOffset >= scrollDistance) {
         for (i = 0; i < config.switchItems; i++) {
-          if (config.queue && config.queue.find('li').length > 0) {
-            containerUL.append(config.queue.find('li')[0]);
-            containerUL.children('li:first-child').remove();
+          if (config.queue && config.queue.find(config.listItemElement).length > 0) {
+            containerUL.append(config.queue.find(config.listItemElement)[0]);
+            containerUL.children(config.listItemElement + ':first-child').remove();
           } else {
-            containerUL.append(containerUL.children('li:first-child'));
+            containerUL.append(containerUL.children(config.listItemElement + ':first-child'));
           }
         }
         container[0][config.scrollOffset] = 0;
@@ -105,12 +107,12 @@ $.fn.scrollbox = function(config) {
 
       // init
       if (container[0][config.scrollOffset] === 0) {
-        liLen = containerUL.children('li').length;
+        liLen = containerUL.children(config.listItemElement).length;
         for (i = 0; i < config.switchItems; i++) {
-          containerUL.children('li:last-child').insertBefore(containerUL.children('li:first-child'));
+          containerUL.children(config.listItemElement + ':last-child').insertBefore(containerUL.children(config.listItemElement+':first-child'));
         }
 
-        curLi = containerUL.children('li:first-child');
+        curLi = containerUL.children(config.listItemElement + ':first-child');
         scrollDistance = config.distance !== 'auto' ?
             config.distance :
             config.direction === 'vertical' ? curLi.height() : curLi.width();
@@ -175,4 +177,4 @@ $.fn.scrollbox = function(config) {
   });
 };
 
-}(jQuery));
\ No newline at end of file
+}(jQuery));