diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 49e31ff629..2216badadd 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
     "node-imagemagick": "0.1.8",
     "gravatar": "1.0.6",
     "nconf": "~0.6.7",
-    "sitemap": "~0.6.0",
+    "sitemap": "~0.7.1",
     "request": "~2.25.0",
     "reds": "~0.2.4",
     "winston": "~0.7.2",
diff --git a/src/sitemap.js b/src/sitemap.js
index 5568944297..68e69ea6a0 100644
--- a/src/sitemap.js
+++ b/src/sitemap.js
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ var path = require('path'),
 					var topicUrls = [];
 					topics.getAllTopics(null, null, function(err, topics) {
 						topics.forEach(function(topic) {
+
 							if (parseInt(topic.deleted, 10) !== 1) {
 								topicUrls.push({
 									url: path.join('topic', topic.slug),
diff --git a/src/webserver.js b/src/webserver.js
index 591c66faa8..e0e4cdcf89 100644
--- a/src/webserver.js
+++ b/src/webserver.js
@@ -767,7 +767,8 @@ if(nconf.get('ssl')) {
 			var sitemap = require('./sitemap.js');
 
 			sitemap.render(function (xml) {
-				res.type('xml').set('Content-Length', xml.length).send(xml);
+				res.header('Content-Type', 'application/xml');
+				res.send( xml );
 			});
 		});