diff --git a/ChanSort.Loader.GlobalClone/GcSerializer.cs b/ChanSort.Loader.GlobalClone/GcSerializer.cs
index 67cb7d1..74233d8 100644
--- a/ChanSort.Loader.GlobalClone/GcSerializer.cs
+++ b/ChanSort.Loader.GlobalClone/GcSerializer.cs
@@ -297,8 +297,22 @@ namespace ChanSort.Loader.GlobalClone
           }
         }
       }
-      
-      doc.Save(tvOutputFile);
+
+      // by default .NET reformats the whole XML. These settings produce the same format as the TV xml files use
+      var settings = new XmlWriterSettings();
+      settings.Encoding = new UTF8Encoding(false);
+      settings.Indent = true;
+      settings.NewLineChars = "\r\n";
+      settings.NewLineHandling = NewLineHandling.Replace;
+      settings.OmitXmlDeclaration = true;
+      settings.IndentChars = "";
+      using (StringWriter sw = new StringWriter())
+      using (XmlWriter xw = XmlWriter.Create(sw, settings))
+      {
+        doc.Save(xw);
+        var xml = "<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\"?>\r\n\r\n" + sw;
+        File.WriteAllText(tvOutputFile, xml, settings.Encoding);
+      }
     }
     #endregion
 
diff --git a/ChanSort/MainForm.cs b/ChanSort/MainForm.cs
index 39ce593..ddc93c3 100644
--- a/ChanSort/MainForm.cs
+++ b/ChanSort/MainForm.cs
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ namespace ChanSort.Ui
 {
   public partial class MainForm : XtraForm
   {
-    public const string AppVersion = "v2014-05-29";
+    public const string AppVersion = "v2014-05-30";
 
     private const int MaxMruEntries = 10;
 
diff --git a/readme.txt b/readme.txt
index 8a1b9ed..ea3b5f9 100644
--- a/readme.txt
+++ b/readme.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
-Version v2014-05-29 =======================================================
+Version v2014-05-30 =======================================================
 
 Changes:
+- fixed issues with LG "GlobalClone" XML file format
 - supports LG LB55xx and LB56xx xxLB*.TLL channel lists 
 - supports LG LB58xx*.TLL channel lists
   (satellite channels ONLY due to lack of DVB-C/T test files)
@@ -119,6 +120,9 @@ OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
 
 Change log ================================================================
 
+2014-05-30
+- fixed issues with LG "GlobalClone" XML file format
+
 2014-05-29
 - supports LG LB55xx and LB56xx xxLB*.TLL channel lists 
 - supports LG LB58xx*.TLL channel lists