diff --git a/test/test.ts b/test/test.ts
index 3ff91f9..b26a3c3 100644
--- a/test/test.ts
+++ b/test/test.ts
@@ -17,7 +17,8 @@ tap.test('should create an xml string', async () => {
     hello: {
       "@_xlmns:teststring": "hellothere",
       "@_xlmns:testnumber": 10,
-      wow: 'test'
+      wow: 'test',
+      url: [{loc: 3},{loc: 3}]
     }
   });
   console.log(xmlResult);
diff --git a/ts/index.ts b/ts/index.ts
index 1f1a5fc..eb598b5 100644
--- a/ts/index.ts
+++ b/ts/index.ts
@@ -11,9 +11,11 @@ export class SmartXml {
   public createXmlFromObject(jsObject: any): string {
     const jsToXmlParser = new plugins.fastXmlParser.j2xParser({
       ignoreAttributes: false,
-      attributeNamePrefix: "@_"
+      attributeNamePrefix: "@_",
+      format: true,
+      indentBy: '  ',
     });
     const xml = jsToXmlParser.parse(jsObject);
-    return xml;
+    return '<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>\n' + xml;
   }
 }
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