diff --git a/ts/smartsitemap.classes.sitemapnews.ts b/ts/smartsitemap.classes.sitemapnews.ts
index 583219a..8a471a2 100644
--- a/ts/smartsitemap.classes.sitemapnews.ts
+++ b/ts/smartsitemap.classes.sitemapnews.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,13 @@ export class SitemapNews {
 
   constructor(optionsArg: {}) {}
 
-  public async readAndAddFromRssFeed(urlArg: string) {
+  public async readAndAddFromRssFeedString(feedStringArg: string) {
+    const smartfeedInstance = new plugins.smartfeed.Smartfeed();
+    const parsedFeed = await smartfeedInstance.parseFeedFromString(feedStringArg);
+    this.items = this.items.concat(parsedFeed.items);
+  }
+
+  public async readAndAddFromRssFeedUrl(urlArg: string) {
     const smartfeedInstance = new plugins.smartfeed.Smartfeed();
     const parsedFeed = await smartfeedInstance.parseFeedFromUrl(urlArg);
     this.items = this.items.concat(parsedFeed.items);
diff --git a/ts/smartsitemap.classes.smartsitemap.ts b/ts/smartsitemap.classes.smartsitemap.ts
index db3d2a3..4740b24 100644
--- a/ts/smartsitemap.classes.smartsitemap.ts
+++ b/ts/smartsitemap.classes.smartsitemap.ts
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ export class SmartSitemap {
    */
   public async createSitemapNewsFromFeedUrl(feedUrlArg: string): Promise<string> {
     const sitemapNewsInstance = new SitemapNews({});
-    await sitemapNewsInstance.readAndAddFromRssFeed(feedUrlArg);
+    await sitemapNewsInstance.readAndAddFromRssFeedUrl(feedUrlArg);
     return sitemapNewsInstance.exportSitemapXml();
   }