diff --git a/src/xml.rs b/src/xml.rs
index 517e3df..0152a62 100644
--- a/src/xml.rs
+++ b/src/xml.rs
@@ -3235,13 +3235,14 @@ impl VTKFile {
 
     /// Parse an XML VTK file from the given reader.
     pub fn parse(reader: impl BufRead) -> Result<VTKFile> {
-        let mut reader = quick_xml::Reader::from_reader(reader);
-        let config = reader.config_mut();
-        config.expand_empty_elements = true;
-        config.check_end_names = true;
-        config.trim_text_start = true;
-        config.trim_text_end = false;
-        let mut de = de::Deserializer::from_custom_reader(reader);
+        // let mut reader = quick_xml::Reader::from_reader(reader);
+        // let config = reader.config_mut();
+        // config.expand_empty_elements = true;
+        // config.check_end_names = true;
+        // config.trim_text_start = true;
+        // config.trim_text_end = false;
+        // let mut de = de::Deserializer::from_custom_reader(reader);
+        let mut de = de::Deserializer::from_reader(reader);
         Ok(VTKFile::deserialize(&mut de)?)
     }
 
diff --git a/src/xml/se.rs b/src/xml/se.rs
index 8c69e63..9e0fe12 100644
--- a/src/xml/se.rs
+++ b/src/xml/se.rs
@@ -5,13 +5,54 @@
 use quick_xml::DeError;
 use serde::ser::Serialize;
 
-/// Serialize struct into a `Write`r
+#[cfg(not(feature = "binary"))]
+struct ByteWriter<W>(W)
+where
+    W: std::io::Write;
+
+#[cfg(not(feature = "binary"))]
+impl<W: std::io::Write> std::fmt::Write for ByteWriter<W> {
+    fn write_str(&mut self, s: &str) -> std::fmt::Result {
+        self.0.write(s.as_bytes()).map_err(|_| std::fmt::Error)?;
+        std::fmt::Result::Ok(())
+    }
+}
+
+#[cfg(not(feature = "binary"))]
+impl<W: std::io::Write> std::io::Write for ByteWriter<W> {
+    fn write(&mut self, buf: &[u8]) -> std::io::Result<usize> {
+        self.0.write(buf)
+    }
+
+    fn flush(&mut self) -> std::io::Result<()> {
+        self.0.flush()
+    }
+}
+
+/// Serialize struct into an  `io::Write`r
+#[cfg(feature = "binary")]
 pub fn to_writer<W: std::io::Write, S: Serialize>(writer: W, value: &S) -> Result<(), DeError> {
     let mut buf_writer = std::io::BufWriter::new(writer);
     let serializer = quick_xml::se::io::Serializer::new(&mut buf_writer);
     value.serialize(serializer)
 }
 
+#[cfg(not(feature = "binary"))]
+pub fn to_writer<W: std::io::Write, S: Serialize>(writer: W, value: &S) -> Result<(), DeError> {
+    let mut buf_writer = ByteWriter(std::io::BufWriter::new(writer));
+    let serializer = quick_xml::se::Serializer::new(&mut buf_writer);
+    value.serialize(serializer)
+}
+
+/// Serialize struct into a `fmt::Write`r
+pub fn to_fmt_writer<W: std::fmt::Write, S: Serialize>(
+    mut writer: W,
+    value: &S,
+) -> Result<(), DeError> {
+    let serializer = quick_xml::se::Serializer::new(&mut writer);
+    value.serialize(serializer)
+}
+
 /// Serialize struct into a `String`
 pub fn to_string<S: Serialize>(value: &S) -> Result<String, DeError> {
     let mut s = String::new();