diff --git a/bits/22_xmlutils.js b/bits/22_xmlutils.js
index 051c4d4..5bd26c0 100644
--- a/bits/22_xmlutils.js
+++ b/bits/22_xmlutils.js
@@ -178,7 +178,19 @@ var htmldecode/*:{(s:string):string}*/ = (function() {
 		['quot', '"'], ['apos', "'"], ['gt',   '>'], ['lt',   '<'], ['amp',  '&']
 	].map(function(x/*:[string, string]*/) { return [new RegExp('&' + x[0] + ';', "g"), x[1]]; });
 	return function htmldecode(str/*:string*/)/*:string*/ {
-		var o = str.replace(/^[\t\n\r ]+/, "").replace(/[\t\n\r ]+$/,"").replace(/[\t\n\r ]+/g, " ").replace(/<\s*[bB][rR]\s*\/?>/g,"\n").replace(/<[^>]*>/g,"");
+		var o = str
+				// Remove new lines and spaces from start of content
+				.replace(/^[\t\n\r ]+/, "")
+				// Remove new lines and spaces from end of content
+				.replace(/[\t\n\r ]+$/,"")
+				// Added line which removes any white space characters after and before html tags
+				.replace(/>\s+/g,">").replace(/\s+</g,"<")
+				// Replace remaining new lines and spaces with space
+				.replace(/[\t\n\r ]+/g, " ")
+				// Replace <br> tags with new lines
+				.replace(/<\s*[bB][rR]\s*\/?>/g,"\n")
+				// Strip HTML elements
+				.replace(/<[^>]*>/g,"");
 		for(var i = 0; i < entities.length; ++i) o = o.replace(entities[i][0], entities[i][1]);
 		return o;
 	};