diff --git a/lib/common/hacks.rb b/lib/common/hacks.rb
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+++ b/lib/common/hacks.rb
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+# encoding: UTF-8
+
+# Default option changed from DEFAULT_XML to NOBLANKS
+module Nokogiri
+  class << self
+    def XML thing, url = nil, encoding = nil, options = XML::ParseOptions::NOBLANKS, &block
+      Nokogiri::XML::Document.parse(thing, url, encoding, options, &block)
+    end
+  end
+end