diff --git a/src/XML-Parser-Tools/XMLNode.extension.st b/src/XML-Parser-Tools/XMLNode.extension.st
index 19f5a65d..197ea91e 100644
--- a/src/XML-Parser-Tools/XMLNode.extension.st
+++ b/src/XML-Parser-Tools/XMLNode.extension.st
@@ -11,22 +11,16 @@ XMLNode >> inspectSourceIn: specBuilder [
 
 { #category : '*XML-Parser-Tools' }
 XMLNode >> inspectTreeIn: specBuilder [
+
 	<inspectorPresentationOrder: 28 title: 'Tree'>
-	
 	| roots |
-	 
 	roots := self inspectorRoots.
 	^ specBuilder newTree
-		roots: roots;
-		display: [ :aNode | 
-			self inspectorTreeStringFor: aNode 			
-			];
-"		displayIcon: [ :aNode | aNode iconName ifNotNil: [ :aName | self iconNamed: aName ] ];"
-		children: [ :aNode | 
-	 
-			aNode hasChildren ifTrue: [ aNode descendantElements ] ifFalse: [ #() ]]
-		
- 
+		  roots: roots;
+		  display: [ :aNode | self inspectorTreeStringFor: aNode ];
+		  "	displayIcon: [ :aNode | aNode iconName ifNotNil: [ :aName | self iconNamed: aName ] ];"
+		  children: [ :aNode | aNode elements ];
+		  expandRoots
 ]
 
 { #category : '*XML-Parser-Tools' }
@@ -37,21 +31,19 @@ XMLNode >> inspectorRoots [
 
 { #category : '*XML-Parser-Tools' }
 XMLNode >> inspectorTreeStringFor: anXMLElement [
-	| display |
-	anXMLElement isStringNode ifTrue: [ ^ anXMLElement string ].
-	display := String streamContents: [:s| 
-		s nextPutAll: anXMLElement name. 
-		anXMLElement hasAttributes ifTrue: [ 
-			s space.
-			anXMLElement attributes associations do: [:association |
-				s 
-				  nextPutAll: association key;
-				  nextPutAll: '="';
-				  nextPutAll: association value;				
-				  nextPutAll: '"'.								
-			] separatedBy: [ s space ]	
-		]
-	].
-	anXMLElement descendantElements isEmpty ifFalse: [ ^ '<',display, '>' ].
-	^ anXMLElement asString
+
+	anXMLElement hasElements ifFalse: [ ^ anXMLElement asString ].
+	^ String streamContents: [ :s |
+		  s
+			  nextPut: $<;
+			  nextPutAll: anXMLElement name.
+		  anXMLElement hasAttributes ifTrue: [
+			  anXMLElement attributes associations do: [ :association |
+				  s
+					  space;
+					  nextPutAll: association key;
+					  nextPutAll: '="';
+					  nextPutAll: association value;
+					  nextPutAll: '"' ] ].
+		  s nextPut: $> ]
 ]
diff --git a/src/XML-Parser/XMLDecodingReadStreamAdapter.class.st b/src/XML-Parser/XMLDecodingReadStreamAdapter.class.st
index aa209feb..5d9bb2da 100644
--- a/src/XML-Parser/XMLDecodingReadStreamAdapter.class.st
+++ b/src/XML-Parser/XMLDecodingReadStreamAdapter.class.st
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ XMLDecodingReadStreamAdapter >> atEnd [
 XMLDecodingReadStreamAdapter >> detectEncoding [
 	prePeekStreamPosition := nil.
 	peekChar := nil.
-	stream reset.
+	stream position: 0.
 
 	(((self hasNullStreamConverter
 		or: [self hasImplicitStreamConverter])
diff --git a/src/XML-Parser/XMLNode.class.st b/src/XML-Parser/XMLNode.class.st
index ac22d42c..b5d3ae47 100644
--- a/src/XML-Parser/XMLNode.class.st
+++ b/src/XML-Parser/XMLNode.class.st
@@ -183,6 +183,13 @@ XMLNode >> documentRoot [
 	^ documentRoot.
 ]
 
+{ #category : 'accessing' }
+XMLNode >> elements [
+	"returns a new node list of all of the receiver's elements"
+
+	^ XMLNodeList empty
+]
+
 { #category : 'private' }
 XMLNode >> errorXMLWritingUnsupported [
 	XMLDOMException signal: 'The XMLWriter package is required for writng DOM objects'
@@ -202,6 +209,13 @@ XMLNode >> hasChildren [
 	^ false
 ]
 
+{ #category : 'testing' }
+XMLNode >> hasElements [
+	"returns true if the receiver has element children"
+
+	^ false
+]
+
 { #category : 'private' }
 XMLNode >> hasNodeList: aNodeList [
 	^ false