diff --git a/core/src/net/sf/openrocket/file/simplesax/SimpleSAX.java b/core/src/net/sf/openrocket/file/simplesax/SimpleSAX.java
index 2053d42e2..cc1fc55f6 100644
--- a/core/src/net/sf/openrocket/file/simplesax/SimpleSAX.java
+++ b/core/src/net/sf/openrocket/file/simplesax/SimpleSAX.java
@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@ import org.xml.sax.SAXException;
 import org.xml.sax.XMLReader;
 import org.xml.sax.helpers.XMLReaderFactory;
 
+import javax.xml.parsers.ParserConfigurationException;
+import javax.xml.parsers.SAXParser;
+import javax.xml.parsers.SAXParserFactory;
 
 /**
  * A "simple SAX" XML reader.  This system imposes the limit that an XML element may
@@ -18,27 +21,26 @@ import org.xml.sax.helpers.XMLReaderFactory;
  * both.  This holds true for both the OpenRocket and RockSim design formats and the
  * RockSim engine definition format.
  * <p>
- * The actual handling is performed by subclasses of {@link ElementHandler}.  The 
+ * The actual handling is performed by subclasses of {@link ElementHandler}.  The
  * initial handler is provided to the {@link #readXML(InputSource, ElementHandler, WarningSet)}
  * method.
- * 
+ *
  * @author Sampo Niskanen <sampo.niskanen@iki.fi>
  */
 public class SimpleSAX {
-
 	static final XMLReaderCache cache = new XMLReaderCache(10);
 
 	/**
 	 * Read a simple XML file.
-	 * 
+	 *
 	 * @param source			the SAX input source.
 	 * @param initialHandler	the initial content handler.
 	 * @param warnings			a warning set to store warning (cannot be <code>null</code>).
 	 * @throws IOException		if an I/O exception occurs while reading.
 	 * @throws SAXException		if e.g. malformed XML is encountered.
 	 */
-	public static void readXML(InputSource source, ElementHandler initialHandler,
-			WarningSet warnings) throws IOException, SAXException {
+	public static void readXML(InputSource source, ElementHandler initialHandler, WarningSet warnings)
+			throws IOException, SAXException {
 
 		DelegatorHandler xmlhandler = new DelegatorHandler(initialHandler, warnings);
 
@@ -55,17 +57,27 @@ public class SimpleSAX {
 	}
 
 	private static class XMLReaderCache {
+		private final SAXParserFactory parserFactory;
 
 		private final BlockingQueue<XMLReader> queue;
+
 		private XMLReaderCache( int maxSize ) {
-			this.queue = new LinkedBlockingQueue<XMLReader>(maxSize);
+			parserFactory = SAXParserFactory.newInstance();
+			parserFactory.setNamespaceAware(true);
+			queue = new LinkedBlockingQueue<XMLReader>(maxSize);
 		}
 
 		private XMLReader createXMLReader() throws SAXException {
-
 			XMLReader reader = queue.poll();
 			if ( reader == null ) {
+				try {
 				reader = XMLReaderFactory.createXMLReader();
+					SAXParser parser = parserFactory.newSAXParser();
+					reader = parser.getXMLReader();
+				}
+				catch (ParserConfigurationException ignore) {
+					System.out.print(ignore);
+				}
 			}
 			return reader;
 		}
@@ -77,5 +89,4 @@ public class SimpleSAX {
 			queue.offer( reader );
 		}
 	}
-
 }