diff --git a/lib/commands/execute.js b/lib/commands/execute.js
index 98ceb3d68..d2f7079dd 100644
--- a/lib/commands/execute.js
+++ b/lib/commands/execute.js
@@ -32,7 +32,8 @@ extensions.execute = async function execute (script, args) {
     return await this.executeMobile(script, _.isArray(args) ? args[0] : args);
   } else if (this.isWebContext()) {
     args = this.convertElementsForAtoms(args);
-    return await this.executeAtom('execute_script', [script, args]);
+    const result = await this.executeAtom('execute_script', [script, args]);
+    return this.cacheWebElements(result);
   } else {
     throw new errors.NotImplementedError();
   }
diff --git a/lib/commands/web.js b/lib/commands/web.js
index 1e34b62c9..c45d8dcaf 100644
--- a/lib/commands/web.js
+++ b/lib/commands/web.js
@@ -203,25 +203,38 @@ helpers._deleteCookie = async function _deleteCookie (cookieName) {
   await this.executeAtom('execute_script', [script, []]);
 };
 
-helpers.cacheWebElements = function cacheWebElements (rawElements) {
-  if (!(_.isArray(rawElements) || _.isPlainObject(rawElements))) {
-    throw new errors.UnknownError(`Web element identifiers cannot be parsed from ` +
-      JSON.stringify(rawElements));
-  }
-
-  const cacheElement = (el) => {
-    const elId = util.unwrapElement(el);
-    if (!isValidElementIdentifier(elId)) {
-      throw new errors.UnknownError(`The web element identifier ${JSON.stringify(elId)} cannot be parsed`);
-    }
-    // In newer debugger releases element identifiers look like `:wdc:1628151649325`
-    // We assume it is safe to use these to identify cached elements
-    const cacheId = _.includes(elId, ':') ? elId : util.uuidV4();
-    this.webElementsCache.set(cacheId, elId);
-    return util.wrapElement(cacheId);
-  };
+helpers.cacheWebElement = function cacheWebElement (el) {
+  if (!_.isPlainObject(el)) {
+    return el;
+  }
+  const elId = util.unwrapElement(el);
+  if (!isValidElementIdentifier(elId)) {
+    return el;
+  }
+  // In newer debugger releases element identifiers look like `:wdc:1628151649325`
+  // We assume it is safe to use these to identify cached elements
+  const cacheId = _.includes(elId, ':') ? elId : util.uuidV4();
+  this.webElementsCache.set(cacheId, elId);
+  return util.wrapElement(cacheId);
+};
 
-  return _.isArray(rawElements) ? rawElements.map(cacheElement) : cacheElement(rawElements);
+helpers.cacheWebElements = function cacheWebElements (response) {
+  const toCached = (v) => _.isArray(v) || _.isPlainObject(v)
+    ? this.cacheWebElements(v)
+    : v;
+
+  if (_.isArray(response)) {
+    return response.map(toCached);
+  } else if (_.isPlainObject(response)) {
+    const result = {...response, ...(this.cacheWebElement(response))};
+    return _.toPairs(result).reduce(
+      (acc, [key, value]) => {
+        acc[key] = toCached(value);
+        return acc;
+      }, {}
+    );
+  }
+  return response;
 };
 
 extensions.findWebElementOrElements = async function findWebElementOrElements (strategy, selector, many, ctx) {
@@ -245,7 +258,7 @@ extensions.findWebElementOrElements = async function findWebElementOrElements (s
   if (many) {
     return this.cacheWebElements(element);
   }
-  if (!element || _.size(element) === 0) {
+  if (_.isEmpty(element)) {
     throw new errors.NoSuchElementError();
   }
   return this.cacheWebElements(element);