diff --git a/lib/serialisation/XmlIO.cc b/lib/serialisation/XmlIO.cc
index a132a2f0..c0c45adc 100644
--- a/lib/serialisation/XmlIO.cc
+++ b/lib/serialisation/XmlIO.cc
@@ -68,10 +68,10 @@ std::string XmlWriter::XmlString(void)
 XmlReader::XmlReader(const char *xmlstring,string toplev) : fileName_("")
 {
   pugi::xml_parse_result result;
-  result = doc_.load_string(xmlstring);
+  result = doc_.load_file(xmlstring);
   if ( !result ) {
-    cerr << "XML error description: " << result.description() << "\n";
-    cerr << "XML error offset     : " << result.offset        << "\n";
+    cerr << "XML error description: char * " << result.description() << " "<< xmlstring << "\n";
+    cerr << "XML error offset     : char * " << result.offset        << " "<<xmlstring <<"\n";
     abort();
   }
   if ( toplev == std::string("") ) {
@@ -87,8 +87,8 @@ XmlReader::XmlReader(const string &fileName,string toplev) : fileName_(fileName)
   pugi::xml_parse_result result;
   result = doc_.load_file(fileName_.c_str());
   if ( !result ) {
-    cerr << "XML error description: " << result.description() << "\n";
-    cerr << "XML error offset     : " << result.offset        << "\n";
+    cerr << "XML error description: " << result.description() <<" "<< fileName_ <<"\n";
+    cerr << "XML error offset     : " << result.offset        <<" "<< fileName_ <<"\n";
     abort();
   }
   if ( toplev == std::string("") ) {