diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index 072e71b..3d82555 100755
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
     "name":        "kenshodigital/kirby-xhtml",
     "description": "Ensures well-formed XHTML output for Kirby templates.",
     "type":        "kirby-plugin",
-    "version":     "2.0.0",
+    "version":     "2.0.1",
     "homepage":    "https://github.com/kenshodigital/kirby-xhtml",
     "license":     "MIT",
     "authors":
diff --git a/index.php b/index.php
index 6a614a2..ddee02a 100755
--- a/index.php
+++ b/index.php
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 
 namespace Kenshō\XHTML;
 
+use DOMDocument;
 use DOMImplementation;
 use Kirby\Cms\App;
 
@@ -28,11 +29,13 @@
                 $document                     = $dom->createDocument(null, '', $doctype);
                 $document->xmlVersion         = '1.0';
                 $document->encoding           = 'utf-8';
-                $document->preserveWhiteSpace = false;
                 $fragment                     = $document->createDocumentFragment();
-
                 $fragment->appendXML($html);
                 $document->appendChild($fragment);
+                $xml                          = $document->saveXML();
+                $document                     = new DOMDocument('1.0', 'utf-8');
+                $document->preserveWhiteSpace = false;
+                $document->loadXML($xml);
 
                 App::instance()->response()->type('application/xhtml+xml');