diff --git a/evernote_to_sqlite/utils.py b/evernote_to_sqlite/utils.py
index 398cba7..1d8fa81 100644
--- a/evernote_to_sqlite/utils.py
+++ b/evernote_to_sqlite/utils.py
@@ -31,9 +31,15 @@ def save_note(db, note):
         updated = note.find("updated").text
     else:
         updated = created
-    # Some content has   which breaks the XML parser
-    content_xml = resolve_entities(note.find("content").text.strip())
-    content = ET.tostring(ET.fromstring(content_xml)).decode("utf-8")
+
+    # At this point content pretends to be XML - it starts with a
+    # <?xml?> prolog and a <!DOCTYPE and wraps content in <en-note>
+    # BUT... it's simply not valid! Should treat as HTML instead.
+    # https://github.com/dogsheep/evernote-to-sqlite/issues/13
+    # Strip the <?xml?> and <!DOCTYPE but leave the <en-note> wrapper
+    content = resolve_entities(
+        strip_prolog_and_doctype(note.find("content").text.strip())
+    )
     row = {
         "title": title,
         "content": content,
@@ -106,6 +112,8 @@ def convert_datetime(s):
 
 
 _entities_re = re.compile(r"&(\w+);")
+_prolog_re = re.compile(r"<\?xml[^>]+>")
+_doctype_re = re.compile(r"<!DOCTYPE[^>]+>")
 
 
 def resolve_entities(s):
@@ -113,3 +121,7 @@ def resolve_entities(s):
     return _entities_re.sub(
         lambda m: html.entities.entitydefs.get(m.group(1), m.group(1)), s
     )
+
+
+def strip_prolog_and_doctype(not_xml):
+    return _doctype_re.sub("", _prolog_re.sub("", not_xml)).strip()
diff --git a/tests/test_evernote_to_sqlite.py b/tests/test_evernote_to_sqlite.py
index eb9666e..43775bb 100644
--- a/tests/test_evernote_to_sqlite.py
+++ b/tests/test_evernote_to_sqlite.py
@@ -39,9 +39,9 @@ def test_enex(tmpdir):
     }
     assert list(db["notes"].rows) == [
         {
-            "id": "1ea8b9baeca91343cdb6a12d44f5cdb2edf5f2e5",
+            "id": "9db0b9b53af965103eca742e32118808c4b2706c",
             "title": "Example note with images",
-            "content": '<en-note><div>This note includes two images. &#353;.</div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-weight: bold;">The Python logo</span></div><div><br /></div><div><en-media hash="61098c2c541de7f0a907c301dd6542da" type="image/svg+xml" width="125" /><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-weight: bold;">The Evernote logo</span></div><div><br /></div><div><en-media hash="91bd26175acac0b2ffdb6efac199f8ca" type="image/svg+xml" width="125" /><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>This image contains text:</div><div><br /></div><div><en-media hash="76dd28b07797cc9f3f129c4871c5293c" type="image/png" /></div><div><br /></div></en-note>',
+            "content": '<en-note><div>This note includes two images. š.</div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-weight: bold;">The Python logo</span></div><div><br /></div><div><en-media hash="61098c2c541de7f0a907c301dd6542da" type="image/svg+xml" width="125" /><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-weight: bold;">The Evernote logo</span></div><div><br /></div><div><en-media hash="91bd26175acac0b2ffdb6efac199f8ca" type="image/svg+xml" width="125" /><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>This image contains text:</div><div><br /></div><div><en-media hash="76dd28b07797cc9f3f129c4871c5293c" type="image/png" /></div><div><br /></div></en-note>',
             "created": "2020-10-11T21:28:22",
             "updated": "2020-10-11T23:30:38",
             "latitude": "37.77742571705006",
@@ -96,15 +96,15 @@ def test_enex(tmpdir):
     ]
     assert list(db["note_resources"].rows) == [
         {
-            "note_id": "1ea8b9baeca91343cdb6a12d44f5cdb2edf5f2e5",
+            "note_id": "9db0b9b53af965103eca742e32118808c4b2706c",
             "resource_id": "61098c2c541de7f0a907c301dd6542da",
         },
         {
-            "note_id": "1ea8b9baeca91343cdb6a12d44f5cdb2edf5f2e5",
+            "note_id": "9db0b9b53af965103eca742e32118808c4b2706c",
             "resource_id": "91bd26175acac0b2ffdb6efac199f8ca",
         },
         {
-            "note_id": "1ea8b9baeca91343cdb6a12d44f5cdb2edf5f2e5",
+            "note_id": "9db0b9b53af965103eca742e32118808c4b2706c",
             "resource_id": "76dd28b07797cc9f3f129c4871c5293c",
         },
     ]