diff --git a/src/main/java/net/vhati/modmanager/core/SloppyXMLParser.java b/src/main/java/net/vhati/modmanager/core/SloppyXMLParser.java
index 4802675..6c91a44 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/vhati/modmanager/core/SloppyXMLParser.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/vhati/modmanager/core/SloppyXMLParser.java
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ public class SloppyXMLParser {
 	public Document build( CharSequence s ) throws JDOMParseException {
 		Document doc = new Document();
 		Element rootNode = new Element( "wrapper" );
-		doc.addContent( rootNode );
+		doc.setRootElement( rootNode );
 
 		Parent parentNode = rootNode;
 		int sLen = s.length();
@@ -195,6 +195,17 @@ public class SloppyXMLParser {
 			}
 		}
 
+		if ( rootNode.getChildren().size() == 1 ) {
+			// No need for the wrapper, promote its only child to root.
+
+			Element newRoot = rootNode.getChildren().get( 0 );
+			newRoot.detach();
+			for ( Namespace ns : rootNode.getAdditionalNamespaces() ) {
+				newRoot.addNamespaceDeclaration( ns );
+			}
+			doc.setRootElement( newRoot );
+		}
+
 		return doc;
 	}