diff --git a/XMLReader.m b/XMLReader.m
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index 754c95a..1a083bb
--- a/XMLReader.m
+++ b/XMLReader.m
@@ -151,7 +151,9 @@ - (void)parser:(NSXMLParser *)parser didEndElement:(NSString *)elementName names
     {
         // trim after concatenating
         NSString *trimmedString = [self.textInProgress stringByTrimmingCharactersInSet:[NSCharacterSet whitespaceAndNewlineCharacterSet]];
-        [dictInProgress setObject:[trimmedString mutableCopy] forKey:kXMLReaderTextNodeKey];
+        if (!([dictInProgress.allKeys containsObject:kXMLReaderTextNodeKey] && [trimmedString isEqualToString:@""])) {
+            [dictInProgress setObject:[trimmedString mutableCopy] forKey:kXMLReaderTextNodeKey];
+        }
 
         // Reset the text
         self.textInProgress = [[NSMutableString alloc] init];