diff -r af7a51d78b7b -r 3c572d238d9e scansion/objects/client.lua
--- a/scansion/objects/client.lua	Sat Sep 19 21:48:26 2015 +0100
+++ b/scansion/objects/client.lua	Sat Sep 19 21:49:03 2015 +0100
@@ -48,12 +48,12 @@
 	end;
 
 	sends = function (client, data)
-		local stanza =  fill_vars(client.script, parse_xml(table.concat(data)));
+		local stanza =  fill_vars(client.script, assert(parse_xml((table.concat(data):gsub("\t", "  ")))));
 		client.stream:send(stanza);
 	end;
 
 	receives = function (client, data)
-		local expected_stanza = fill_vars(client.script, parse_xml(table.concat(data)));
+		local expected_stanza = fill_vars(client.script, assert(parse_xml((table.concat(data):gsub("\t", "  ")))));
 		local function stanza_handler(received_stanza)
 			if not stanzacmp.stanzas_match(expected_stanza, received_stanza) then
 				verse.quit();