diff --git a/lib/index.js b/lib/index.js
index e9fa9ce..07ed334 100755
--- a/lib/index.js
+++ b/lib/index.js
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ function RSS (options, items) {
     };
 
     this.xml = function(indent) {
-        return '<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>\n' +
+        return '<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>' +
             xml(generateXML(this), indent);
     };
 }
diff --git a/test/expectedOutput/customElements.xml b/test/expectedOutput/customElements.xml
index fa3d1aa..fed80ae 100644
--- a/test/expectedOutput/customElements.xml
+++ b/test/expectedOutput/customElements.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0">
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0">
     <channel>
         <title><![CDATA[title]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[description]]></description>
diff --git a/test/expectedOutput/customNamespaces.xml b/test/expectedOutput/customNamespaces.xml
index fc3684d..7fe75b6 100644
--- a/test/expectedOutput/customNamespaces.xml
+++ b/test/expectedOutput/customNamespaces.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0" xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd">
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0" xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd">
     <channel>
         <title><![CDATA[title]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[description]]></description>
diff --git a/test/expectedOutput/default.xml b/test/expectedOutput/default.xml
index 3f2ba69..f3cec4b 100644
--- a/test/expectedOutput/default.xml
+++ b/test/expectedOutput/default.xml
@@ -1,2 +1 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Untitled RSS Feed]]></title><description><![CDATA[Untitled RSS Feed]]></description><link>http://github.com/dylang/node-rss</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Wed, 10 Dec 2014 19:04:57 GMT</lastBuildDate></channel></rss>
\ No newline at end of file
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Untitled RSS Feed]]></title><description><![CDATA[Untitled RSS Feed]]></description><link>http://github.com/dylang/node-rss</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Wed, 10 Dec 2014 19:04:57 GMT</lastBuildDate></channel></rss>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/expectedOutput/defaultOneItem.xml b/test/expectedOutput/defaultOneItem.xml
index 422e49f..bd3ffdc 100644
--- a/test/expectedOutput/defaultOneItem.xml
+++ b/test/expectedOutput/defaultOneItem.xml
@@ -1,2 +1 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Untitled RSS Feed]]></title><description><![CDATA[Untitled RSS Feed]]></description><link>http://github.com/dylang/node-rss</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Wed, 10 Dec 2014 19:04:57 GMT</lastBuildDate><item><title><![CDATA[No title]]></title><guid isPermaLink="false">No title</guid></item></channel></rss>
\ No newline at end of file
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Untitled RSS Feed]]></title><description><![CDATA[Untitled RSS Feed]]></description><link>http://github.com/dylang/node-rss</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Wed, 10 Dec 2014 19:04:57 GMT</lastBuildDate><item><title><![CDATA[No title]]></title><guid isPermaLink="false">No title</guid></item></channel></rss>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/expectedOutput/enclosures.xml b/test/expectedOutput/enclosures.xml
index de9d6d2..be32a38 100644
--- a/test/expectedOutput/enclosures.xml
+++ b/test/expectedOutput/enclosures.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0">
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0">
     <channel>
         <title><![CDATA[title]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[description]]></description>
diff --git a/test/expectedOutput/latLong.xml b/test/expectedOutput/latLong.xml
index 5c1d827..7183953 100644
--- a/test/expectedOutput/latLong.xml
+++ b/test/expectedOutput/latLong.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0" xmlns:geo="http://www.w3.org/2003/01/geo/wgs84_pos#">
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0" xmlns:geo="http://www.w3.org/2003/01/geo/wgs84_pos#">
     <channel>
         <title><![CDATA[title]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[description]]></description>
diff --git a/test/expectedOutput/pubSubHubbub.xml b/test/expectedOutput/pubSubHubbub.xml
index 185c64d..dafc2a1 100644
--- a/test/expectedOutput/pubSubHubbub.xml
+++ b/test/expectedOutput/pubSubHubbub.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0">
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0">
     <channel>
         <title><![CDATA[title]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[description]]></description>
diff --git a/test/expectedOutput/simpleFeed.xml b/test/expectedOutput/simpleFeed.xml
index a63efad..7db75e8 100644
--- a/test/expectedOutput/simpleFeed.xml
+++ b/test/expectedOutput/simpleFeed.xml
@@ -1,2 +1 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[title]]></title><description><![CDATA[description]]></description><link>http://example.com</link><image><url>http://example.com/icon.png</url><title>title</title><link>http://example.com</link></image><generator>Example Generator</generator><lastBuildDate>Wed, 10 Dec 2014 19:04:57 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://example.com/rss.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><author><![CDATA[Dylan Greene]]></author><pubDate>Sun, 20 May 2012 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate><copyright><![CDATA[2013 Dylan Green]]></copyright><language><![CDATA[en]]></language><managingEditor><![CDATA[Dylan Green]]></managingEditor><webMaster><![CDATA[Dylan Green]]></webMaster><docs>http://example.com/rss/docs.html</docs><ttl>60</ttl><category><![CDATA[Category 1]]></category><category><![CDATA[Category 2]]></category><category><![CDATA[Category 3]]></category><item><title><![CDATA[item 1]]></title><description><![CDATA[description 1]]></description><link>http://example.com/article1</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://example.com/article1</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Dylan Greene]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 24 May 2012 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[item 2]]></title><description><![CDATA[description 2]]></description><link>http://example.com/article2</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://example.com/article2</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Dylan Greene]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[item 3]]></title><description><![CDATA[description 3]]></description><link>http://example.com/article3</link><guid isPermaLink="false">item3</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Dylan Greene]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 26 May 2012 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[item 4 & html test with <strong>]]></title><description><![CDATA[description 4 uses some <strong>html</strong>]]></description><link>http://example.com/article4?this&amp;that</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://example.com/article4?this&amp;that</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Guest Author]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 27 May 2012 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[item 5 & test for categories]]></title><description><![CDATA[description 5]]></description><link>http://example.com/article5</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://example.com/article5</guid><category><![CDATA[Category 1]]></category><category><![CDATA[Category 2]]></category><category><![CDATA[Category 3]]></category><category><![CDATA[Category 4]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Guest Author]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 28 May 2012 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
\ No newline at end of file
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[title]]></title><description><![CDATA[description]]></description><link>http://example.com</link><image><url>http://example.com/icon.png</url><title>title</title><link>http://example.com</link></image><generator>Example Generator</generator><lastBuildDate>Wed, 10 Dec 2014 19:04:57 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://example.com/rss.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><author><![CDATA[Dylan Greene]]></author><pubDate>Sun, 20 May 2012 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate><copyright><![CDATA[2013 Dylan Green]]></copyright><language><![CDATA[en]]></language><managingEditor><![CDATA[Dylan Green]]></managingEditor><webMaster><![CDATA[Dylan Green]]></webMaster><docs>http://example.com/rss/docs.html</docs><ttl>60</ttl><category><![CDATA[Category 1]]></category><category><![CDATA[Category 2]]></category><category><![CDATA[Category 3]]></category><item><title><![CDATA[item 1]]></title><description><![CDATA[description 1]]></description><link>http://example.com/article1</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://example.com/article1</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Dylan Greene]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 24 May 2012 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[item 2]]></title><description><![CDATA[description 2]]></description><link>http://example.com/article2</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://example.com/article2</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Dylan Greene]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[item 3]]></title><description><![CDATA[description 3]]></description><link>http://example.com/article3</link><guid isPermaLink="false">item3</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Dylan Greene]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 26 May 2012 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[item 4 & html test with <strong>]]></title><description><![CDATA[description 4 uses some <strong>html</strong>]]></description><link>http://example.com/article4?this&amp;that</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://example.com/article4?this&amp;that</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Guest Author]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 27 May 2012 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[item 5 & test for categories]]></title><description><![CDATA[description 5]]></description><link>http://example.com/article5</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://example.com/article5</guid><category><![CDATA[Category 1]]></category><category><![CDATA[Category 2]]></category><category><![CDATA[Category 3]]></category><category><![CDATA[Category 4]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Guest Author]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 28 May 2012 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/expectedOutput/simpleFeedFormated.xml b/test/expectedOutput/simpleFeedFormated.xml
index aa5df69..b788381 100644
--- a/test/expectedOutput/simpleFeedFormated.xml
+++ b/test/expectedOutput/simpleFeedFormated.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0">
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0">
     <channel>
         <title><![CDATA[title]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[description]]></description>