diff --git a/src/syndication/atom.rs b/src/syndication/atom.rs
index 2e63218..22bd713 100644
--- a/src/syndication/atom.rs
+++ b/src/syndication/atom.rs
@@ -81,13 +81,10 @@ pub fn generate(
     let mut writer: Vec<u8> = Vec::new();
     xml.generate(&mut writer).unwrap();
 
-    let mut output_xml = String::new();
 
-    for e in writer {
-        output_xml += &e.as_ascii().unwrap().to_string();
-    }
 
-    output_xml
+
+    String::from_utf8(writer).unwrap()
 }
 
 fn last_update(post_index: &Vec<crate::index::BlogPost>) -> i64 {