diff --git a/src/de/podfetcher/syndication/handler/SyndHandler.java b/src/de/podfetcher/syndication/handler/SyndHandler.java
index 3f9d93eed..949690af4 100644
--- a/src/de/podfetcher/syndication/handler/SyndHandler.java
+++ b/src/de/podfetcher/syndication/handler/SyndHandler.java
@@ -32,8 +32,8 @@ public class SyndHandler extends DefaultHandler {
 
 		Namespace handler = getHandlingNamespace(uri);
 		if (handler != null) {
-			handler.handleElementStart(localName, state, attributes);
-			state.tagstack.push(new SyndElement(localName, handler));
+			SyndElement element = handler.handleElementStart(localName, state, attributes);
+			state.tagstack.push(element);
 			
 		}
 	}
@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@ public class SyndHandler extends DefaultHandler {
 		if (top.getNamespace() != null) {
 			top.getNamespace().handleCharacters(state, ch, start, length);
 		}
-		// ignore element otherwise
 	}
 
 	@Override
diff --git a/src/de/podfetcher/syndication/namespace/Namespace.java b/src/de/podfetcher/syndication/namespace/Namespace.java
index 4101b0118..6142c9590 100644
--- a/src/de/podfetcher/syndication/namespace/Namespace.java
+++ b/src/de/podfetcher/syndication/namespace/Namespace.java
@@ -11,9 +11,9 @@ public abstract class Namespace {
 	public static final String NSURI = null;
 	
 	/** Called by a Feedhandler when in startElement and it detects a namespace element 
-	 * 	@return true if namespace handled the element, false if it ignored it
+	 * 	@return The SyndElement to push onto the stack
 	 * */
-	public abstract void handleElementStart(String localName, HandlerState state, Attributes attributes);
+	public abstract SyndElement handleElementStart(String localName, HandlerState state, Attributes attributes);
 	
 	/** Called by a Feedhandler when in characters and it detects a namespace element */
 	public abstract void handleCharacters(HandlerState state, char ch[], int start, int length);
diff --git a/src/de/podfetcher/syndication/namespace/atom/NSAtom.java b/src/de/podfetcher/syndication/namespace/atom/NSAtom.java
index 7ca23572e..7406e77d0 100644
--- a/src/de/podfetcher/syndication/namespace/atom/NSAtom.java
+++ b/src/de/podfetcher/syndication/namespace/atom/NSAtom.java
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import org.xml.sax.Attributes;
 import de.podfetcher.feed.Feed;
 import de.podfetcher.syndication.handler.HandlerState;
 import de.podfetcher.syndication.namespace.Namespace;
+import de.podfetcher.syndication.namespace.SyndElement;
 
 public class NSAtom extends Namespace {
 	public static final String NSTAG = "atom";
@@ -16,11 +17,12 @@ public class NSAtom extends Namespace {
 	private static final String AUTHOR = "author";
 
 	@Override
-	public void handleElementStart(String localName, HandlerState state,
+	public SyndElement handleElementStart(String localName, HandlerState state,
 			Attributes attributes) {
 		if (localName.equals(TITLE)) {
 
 		}
+		return null;
 	}
 
 	@Override
diff --git a/src/de/podfetcher/syndication/namespace/rss20/NSRSS20.java b/src/de/podfetcher/syndication/namespace/rss20/NSRSS20.java
index c536d216c..592a96d66 100644
--- a/src/de/podfetcher/syndication/namespace/rss20/NSRSS20.java
+++ b/src/de/podfetcher/syndication/namespace/rss20/NSRSS20.java
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ public class NSRSS20 extends Namespace {
 	public final static String ENC_TYPE = "type";
 
 	@Override
-	public void handleElementStart(String localName, HandlerState state,
+	public SyndElement handleElementStart(String localName, HandlerState state,
 			Attributes attributes) {
 		if (localName.equals(ITEM)) {
 			state.setCurrentItem(new FeedItem());
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ public class NSRSS20 extends Namespace {
 		} else if (localName.equals(IMAGE)) {
 			state.getFeed().setImage(new FeedImage());
 		}
+		return new SyndElement(localName, this);
 	}
 
 	@Override