diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e18f37c..aed61be 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,16 +1,22 @@
-go-junit-report
-===============
+# go-junit-report
 
 Converts `go test` output to an xml report, suitable for applications that
 expect junit xml reports (e.g. [Jenkins](http://jenkins-ci.org)).
 
-Installation
-------------
+[![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/jstemmer/go-junit-report.svg)](https://travis-ci.org/jstemmer/go-junit-report)
 
-	go get github.com/jstemmer/go-junit-report
 
-Usage
------
+## Installation
+
+Go version 1.1 or higher is required. Install or update using the `go get`
+command:
+
+	go get -u github.com/jstemmer/go-junit-report
+
+## Usage
+
+go-junit-report reads the `go test` verbose output from standard in and writes
+junit compatible XML to standard out.
 
 	go test -v | go-junit-report > report.xml
 
diff --git a/junit-formatter.go b/junit-formatter.go
index f9ea0c1..b081660 100644
--- a/junit-formatter.go
+++ b/junit-formatter.go
@@ -102,8 +102,7 @@ func JUnitReportXML(report *Report, w io.Writer) error {
 
 	writer := bufio.NewWriter(w)
 
-	// remove newline from xml.Header, because xml.MarshalIndent starts with a newline
-	writer.WriteString(xml.Header[:len(xml.Header)-1])
+	writer.WriteString(xml.Header)
 	writer.Write(bytes)
 	writer.WriteByte('\n')
 	writer.Flush()
diff --git a/tests/02-report.xml b/tests/02-report.xml
index e42d7b8..bfa33d7 100644
--- a/tests/02-report.xml
+++ b/tests/02-report.xml
@@ -4,10 +4,7 @@
 		<property name="go.version" value="1.0"></property>
 	</properties>
 	<testcase classname="name" name="TestOne" time="0.020">
-		<failure message="Failed" type="">file_test.go:11: Error message
-file_test.go:11: Longer
-	error
-	message.</failure>
+		<failure message="Failed" type="">file_test.go:11: Error message&#xA;file_test.go:11: Longer&#xA;&#x9;error&#xA;&#x9;message.</failure>
 	</testcase>
 	<testcase classname="name" name="TestTwo" time="0.130"></testcase>
 </testsuite>