diff --git a/lib/middleware/negotiate-content.js b/lib/middleware/negotiate-content.js
index 5d609ddf..849b2344 100644
--- a/lib/middleware/negotiate-content.js
+++ b/lib/middleware/negotiate-content.js
@@ -12,6 +12,12 @@ module.exports = function (req, res, next) {
   // am I pretty?
   var spaces = req.headers['x-pretty-print'] ? parseInt(req.headers['x-pretty-print'], 10) : 2
 
+  var xmlOpts = {
+    pretty: (spaces > 0),
+    indent: new Array(spaces).join(' '),
+    newline: '\n'
+  }
+
   function YAMLResponse () {
     if (typeof res.body === 'string') {
       return res.send(res.body)
@@ -27,16 +33,12 @@ module.exports = function (req, res, next) {
   }
 
   function XMLResponse () {
-    res.send(XML.create(res.bodyXmlObj || res.body).end({
-      pretty: (spaces > 0),
-      indent: new Array(spaces).join(' '),
-      newline: '\n'
-    }))
+    res.send(XML.create(res.bodyXmlObj || res.body, { allowSurrogateChars: true }).end(xmlOpts))
   }
 
   function HTMLResponse () {
     req.app.locals.moment = moment
-
+    XML.create(res.bodyXmlObj, { allowSurrogateChars: true })
     res.render(res.view || 'default', {
       req: req,
       res: res,
@@ -46,7 +48,7 @@ module.exports = function (req, res, next) {
 
         json: JSON.stringify(res.body, null, 2),
 
-        xml: XML.create(res.bodyXmlObj || res.body).end()
+        xml: XML.create(res.bodyXmlObj || res.body, { allowSurrogateChars: true }).end(xmlOpts)
       }
     })
   }