diff --git a/apps/gpstrek/convert.xsl b/apps/gpstrek/convert.xsl
index 7afbd68132..72b19b565d 100644
--- a/apps/gpstrek/convert.xsl
+++ b/apps/gpstrek/convert.xsl
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0"?>
-<xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform" xmlns:exslt="http://exslt.org/common" xmlns="http://www.topografix.com/GPX/1/1" xmlns:osmand="https://osmand.net" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:_="http://www.topografix.com/GPX/1/1" xmlns:DEFAULT="http://www.topografix.com/GPX/1/1" version="1.0" extension-element-prefixes="exslt">
+<xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform" xmlns:exslt="http://exslt.org/common" xmlns="http://www.topografix.com/GPX/1/1" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:_="http://www.topografix.com/GPX/1/1" xmlns:DEFAULT="http://www.topografix.com/GPX/1/1" version="1.0" extension-element-prefixes="exslt">
   <xsl:output omit-xml-declaration="no" indent="yes"/>
 
   <xsl:template match="/">
diff --git a/apps/gpstrek/interface.html b/apps/gpstrek/interface.html
index 1f6ed1f378..b645abb53c 100644
--- a/apps/gpstrek/interface.html
+++ b/apps/gpstrek/interface.html
@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@
       function handleOnload(readerEvent){
         var content = readerEvent.target.result;
 
+        // Replace the gpx version 1.0 with 1.1 to allow parsing older gpx files. The nodes referenced by the xsl exist in both versions.
+        content = content.replaceAll("http://www.topografix.com/GPX/1/0", "http://www.topografix.com/GPX/1/1");
+
         var xsltProcessor = new XSLTProcessor();
 
         var myXMLHTTPRequest = new XMLHttpRequest();