diff --git a/genrss/__init__.py b/genrss/__init__.py
index 381e82c..7ebff80 100644
--- a/genrss/__init__.py
+++ b/genrss/__init__.py
@@ -239,6 +239,6 @@ class GenRSS:
         """
         root = self.to_element()
 
-        return '<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>\n' \
-               + ('\n' if pretty else '') \
-               + tostring(root, pretty_print=pretty).decode('utf-8')
+        return tostring(root, pretty_print=pretty, xml_declaration=True,
+                        encoding='UTF-8').\
+            decode('utf-8')
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 4bad286..cec549c 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ with open('README.md', 'r') as f:
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     setup(
         name='genrss',
-        version='1.0.2',
+        version='1.0.3',
         author='Dmitriy Pleshevskiy',
         author_email='dmitriy@ideascup.me',
         description='RSS feed generator for python',
diff --git a/tests/test_rss.py b/tests/test_rss.py
index 1993105..d9c0eff 100644
--- a/tests/test_rss.py
+++ b/tests/test_rss.py
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ def test_feed_description(description, expose):
 
 
 @pytest.mark.parametrize('copyright, expose', [
-    pytest.param('copyright © genrss', 'copyright &#169; genrss', id='copy'),
+    pytest.param('copyright © genrss', 'copyright © genrss', id='copy'),
 ])
 def test_feed_copyright(copyright, expose):
     feed = create_rss(copyright=copyright)