diff --git a/lib/utils/page.js b/lib/utils/page.js
index 0166288c3..4c8605d35 100644
--- a/lib/utils/page.js
+++ b/lib/utils/page.js
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ function pregQuote( str ) {
 
 // Adapt an html snippet to be relative to a base folder
 function normalizeHtml(src, options) {
-	var $ = cheerio.load(src);
+	var $ = cheerio.load(src, { xmlMode: true});
     var toConvert = [];
     var outputRoot = options.book.options.output;