diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 9bace7a..3f1fa14 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
 	"name": "@ztimson/utils",
-	"version": "0.29.0",
+	"version": "0.29.1",
 	"description": "Utility library",
 	"author": "Zak Timson",
 	"license": "MIT",
diff --git a/src/xml.ts b/src/xml.ts
index d415fdf..cc8e613 100644
--- a/src/xml.ts
+++ b/src/xml.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,11 @@
  * @param {string} xml - The XML string to parse
  * @returns {Object} An object with `tag`, `attributes`, and `children` properties
  */
+/**
+ * Parses an XML string into a structured JavaScript object (fast-xml-parser format).
+ * @param {string} xml - The XML string to parse
+ * @returns {Object} An object with tag names as keys and text content or nested objects as values
+ */
 export function fromXml(xml: string) {
 	xml = xml.trim();
 	let pos = 0;
@@ -13,8 +18,8 @@ export function fromXml(xml: string) {
 		pos++; // skip <
 
 		if(xml[pos] === '?') {
-			parseDeclaration();
-			return parseNode();
+			const declaration = parseDeclaration();
+			return { ['?' + declaration]: '', ...parseNode() };
 		}
 
 		if(xml[pos] === '!') {
@@ -28,11 +33,13 @@ export function fromXml(xml: string) {
 
 		if(xml[pos] === '/' && xml[pos + 1] === '>') {
 			pos += 2; // skip />
-			return { tag: tagName, attributes, children: [] };
+			return { [tagName]: '' };
 		}
 
 		pos++; // skip >
-		const children = [];
+		const children: any[] = [];
+		let textContent = '';
+
 		while(pos < xml.length) {
 			skipWhitespace();
 			if(xml[pos] === '<' && xml[pos + 1] === '/') {
@@ -42,20 +49,51 @@ export function fromXml(xml: string) {
 				pos++; // skip >
 				break;
 			}
+			const startPos = pos;
 			const child = parseNode();
-			if(child) children.push(child);
+			if(typeof child === 'string') {
+				textContent += child;
+			} else if(child) {
+				children.push(child);
+			}
 		}
-		return { tag: tagName, attributes, children };
+
+		// If only text content, return simple value
+		if(children.length === 0 && textContent) {
+			const value = isNumeric(textContent) ? Number(textContent) : textContent;
+			return { [tagName]: value };
+		}
+
+		// If only text with no children
+		if(children.length === 0) {
+			return { [tagName]: '' };
+		}
+
+		// Merge children into object
+		const result: any = {};
+		for(const child of children) {
+			for(const [key, value] of Object.entries(child)) {
+				if(result[key]) {
+					// Convert to array if duplicate tags
+					if(!Array.isArray(result[key])) {
+						result[key] = [result[key]];
+					}
+					result[key].push(value);
+				} else {
+					result[key] = value;
+				}
+			}
+		}
+
+		return { [tagName]: result };
 	}
 
-	/** Parses and returns the tag name at the current position */
 	function parseTagName() {
 		let name = '';
 		while (pos < xml.length && /[a-zA-Z0-9_:-]/.test(xml[pos])) name += xml[pos++];
 		return name;
 	}
 
-	/** Parses and returns an object containing all attributes at the current position */
 	function parseAttributes() {
 		const attrs: any = {};
 		while (pos < xml.length) {
@@ -76,7 +114,6 @@ export function fromXml(xml: string) {
 		return attrs;
 	}
 
-	/** Parses and returns text content, or null if empty */
 	function parseText() {
 		let text = '';
 		while (pos < xml.length && xml[pos] !== '<') text += xml[pos++];
@@ -84,23 +121,30 @@ export function fromXml(xml: string) {
 		return text ? escapeXml(text, true) : null;
 	}
 
-	/** Skips over XML declaration (<?xml ... ?>) */
 	function parseDeclaration() {
+		pos++; // skip ?
+		let name = '';
+		while (pos < xml.length && xml[pos] !== ' ' && xml[pos] !== '?') {
+			name += xml[pos++];
+		}
 		while (xml[pos] !== '>') pos++;
 		pos++;
+		return name;
 	}
 
-	/** Skips over XML comments (<!-- ... -->) */
 	function parseComment() {
 		while (!(xml[pos] === '-' && xml[pos + 1] === '-' && xml[pos + 2] === '>')) pos++;
 		pos += 3;
 	}
 
-	/** Advances position past any whitespace characters */
 	function skipWhitespace() {
 		while (pos < xml.length && /\s/.test(xml[pos])) pos++;
 	}
 
+	function isNumeric(str: string) {
+		return !isNaN(Number(str)) && !isNaN(parseFloat(str)) && str.trim() !== '';
+	}
+
 	return parseNode();
 }
 
diff --git a/tests/xml.spec.ts b/tests/xml.spec.ts
index e78e353..ed91882 100644
--- a/tests/xml.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/xml.spec.ts
@@ -5,71 +5,80 @@ describe('XML Parser', () => {
 		it('should parse simple tag', () => {
 			const xml = '<root></root>';
 			const result = fromXml(xml);
-			expect(result).toEqual({ tag: 'root', attributes: {}, children: [] });
+			expect(result).toEqual({ root: '' });
 		});
 
 		it('should parse self-closing tag', () => {
 			const xml = '<item />';
 			const result = fromXml(xml);
-			expect(result).toEqual({ tag: 'item', attributes: {}, children: [] });
+			expect(result).toEqual({ item: '' });
 		});
 
-		it('should parse tag with attributes', () => {
+		it('should parse tag with attributes (ignored in fast-xml-parser format)', () => {
 			const xml = '<user id="1" name="someone" />';
 			const result = fromXml(xml);
-			expect(result).toEqual({
-				tag: 'user',
-				attributes: { id: '1', name: 'someone' },
-				children: []
-			});
+			expect(result).toEqual({ user: '' });
 		});
 
 		it('should parse tag with text content', () => {
 			const xml = '<email>someone@example.com</email>';
 			const result = fromXml(xml);
-			expect(result).toEqual({
-				tag: 'email',
-				attributes: {},
-				children: ['someone@example.com']
-			});
+			expect(result).toEqual({ email: 'someone@example.com' });
+		});
+
+		it('should parse tag with numeric content', () => {
+			const xml = '<ttl>240</ttl>';
+			const result = fromXml(xml);
+			expect(result).toEqual({ ttl: 240 });
 		});
 
 		it('should parse nested tags', () => {
 			const xml = '<root><child>text</child></root>';
 			const result = fromXml(xml);
 			expect(result).toEqual({
-				tag: 'root',
-				attributes: {},
-				children: [
-					{ tag: 'child', attributes: {}, children: ['text'] }
-				]
+				root: {
+					child: 'text'
+				}
 			});
 		});
 
-		it('should parse multiple children', () => {
-			const xml = '<root><a /><b /><c /></root>';
+		it('should parse multiple children with same tag as array', () => {
+			const xml = '<root><item>a</item><item>b</item><item>c</item></root>';
 			const result = fromXml(xml);
-			expect(result.children.length).toBe(3);
-			expect(result.children[0]).toEqual({ tag: 'a', attributes: {}, children: [] });
+			expect(result).toEqual({
+				root: {
+					item: ['a', 'b', 'c']
+				}
+			});
 		});
 
-		it('should skip XML declaration', () => {
+		it('should parse mixed children', () => {
+			const xml = '<root><a>1</a><b>2</b><c>3</c></root>';
+			const result = fromXml(xml);
+			expect(result.root).toEqual({ a: 1, b: 2, c: 3 });
+		});
+
+		it('should skip XML declaration and include as key', () => {
 			const xml = '<?xml version="1.0"?><root />';
 			const result = fromXml(xml);
-			expect(result.tag).toBe('root');
+			expect(result).toHaveProperty('?xml');
+			expect(result).toHaveProperty('root');
 		});
 
 		it('should skip comments', () => {
-			const xml = '<root><!-- comment --><child /></root>';
+			const xml = '<root><!-- comment --><child>text</child></root>';
 			const result = fromXml(xml);
-			expect(result.children.length).toBe(1);
-			expect(result.children[0].tag).toBe('child');
+			expect(result).toEqual({
+				root: {
+					child: 'text'
+				}
+			});
 		});
 
 		it('should handle escaped characters', () => {
 			const xml = '<text>&lt;hello&gt; &amp; &quot;world&quot;</text>';
 			const result = fromXml(xml);
-			expect(result.children[0]).toBe('<hello> & "world"');
+			expect(result.text).toBe('<hello> & "world"');
 		});
 
 		it('should parse complex nested structure', () => {
@@ -82,10 +91,37 @@ describe('XML Parser', () => {
         </root>
       `;
 			const result = fromXml(xml);
-			expect(result.tag).toBe('root');
-			expect(result.children[0].tag).toBe('user');
-			expect(result.children[0].attributes.name).toBe('someone');
-			expect(result.children[0].children.length).toBe(2);
+			expect(result).toEqual({
+				root: {
+					user: {
+						email: 'someone@example.com',
+						active: ''
+					}
+				}
+			});
+		});
+
+		it('should parse RSS-like structure with multiple items', () => {
+			const xml = `
+                <rss>
+                    <channel>
+                        <title>Test Feed</title>
+                        <item>
+                            <title>Item 1</title>
+                            <link>http://example.com/1</link>
+                        </item>
+                        <item>
+                            <title>Item 2</title>
+                            <link>http://example.com/2</link>
+                        </item>
+                    </channel>
+                </rss>
+            `;
+			const result = fromXml(xml);
+			expect(result.rss.channel.title).toBe('Test Feed');
+			expect(Array.isArray(result.rss.channel.item)).toBe(true);
+			expect(result.rss.channel.item.length).toBe(2);
+			expect(result.rss.channel.item[0].title).toBe('Item 1');
 		});
 	});
 
@@ -154,7 +190,7 @@ describe('XML Parser', () => {
 	});
 
 	describe('round-trip', () => {
-		it('should encode and decode to same structure', () => {
+		it('should parse toXml output back to fast-xml-parser format', () => {
 			const obj = {
 				tag: 'root',
 				attributes: { id: '1' },
@@ -164,7 +200,11 @@ describe('XML Parser', () => {
 			};
 			const xml = toXml(obj);
 			const parsed = fromXml(xml);
-			expect(parsed).toEqual(obj);
+			expect(parsed).toEqual({
+				root: {
+					child: 'text'
+				}
+			});
 		});
 	});
 });