diff --git a/frontends/src/jp/output_xml.py b/frontends/src/jp/output_xml.py
index cb58181b..ef98f481 100644
--- a/frontends/src/jp/output_xml.py
+++ b/frontends/src/jp/output_xml.py
@@ -59,7 +59,8 @@ class XML(object):
         return pygments.highlight(xml, lexer, formatter)
 
     def format(self, data, pretty=True):
-        tree = etree.fromstring(data)
+        parser = etree.XMLParser(remove_blank_text=True)
+        tree = etree.fromstring(data, parser)
         xml = etree.tostring(tree, encoding='unicode', pretty_print=pretty)
         return self.colorize(xml)