diff --git a/src/de/podfetcher/syndication/handler/FeedHandler.java b/src/de/podfetcher/syndication/handler/FeedHandler.java
index 70cf5196b..4b33e11de 100644
--- a/src/de/podfetcher/syndication/handler/FeedHandler.java
+++ b/src/de/podfetcher/syndication/handler/FeedHandler.java
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ public class FeedHandler {
 		RSSHandler handler = new RSSHandler(feed);
 		try {
 			SAXParserFactory factory =  SAXParserFactory.newInstance();
+			factory.setNamespaceAware(true);
 			SAXParser saxParser = factory.newSAXParser();
 			saxParser.parse(new File(feed.getFile_url()), handler);
 		} catch (SAXException e) {
diff --git a/src/de/podfetcher/syndication/handler/SyndHandler.java b/src/de/podfetcher/syndication/handler/SyndHandler.java
index 9cf5fb710..9ee604244 100644
--- a/src/de/podfetcher/syndication/handler/SyndHandler.java
+++ b/src/de/podfetcher/syndication/handler/SyndHandler.java
@@ -25,7 +25,11 @@ public abstract class SyndHandler extends DefaultHandler{
 		state.tagstack.push(qName);
 		
 		String[] parts = qName.split(":");
-		Namespace handler = state.namespaces.get(parts[0]);
+		String prefix = "";
+		if (parts.length >= 2) {
+			prefix = parts[0];
+		}
+		Namespace handler = state.namespaces.get(prefix);
 		if (handler != null) {
 			handler.handleElement(localName, state, attributes);
 		}