diff --git a/functions.php b/functions.php
index 1776d2dbb..ae73298ef 100644
--- a/functions.php
+++ b/functions.php
@@ -646,6 +646,7 @@
 	#			$rss->set_timeout(10);
 				$rss->set_feed_url($fetch_url);
 				$rss->set_output_encoding('UTF-8');
+				$rss->force_feed(true);
 
 				if (SIMPLEPIE_CACHE_IMAGES && $cache_images) {