diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 9d739ec..6e85689 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "soda-svg"
 packages = [{include = "soda"}]
-version = "2.0.1"
+version = "2.0.2"
 description = "Fast SVG generation tool"
 authors = ["Dmitry Gritsenko <soda@evtn.ru>"]
 license = "MIT"
diff --git a/soda/xml_parse.py b/soda/xml_parse.py
index 549699e..df94d32 100644
--- a/soda/xml_parse.py
+++ b/soda/xml_parse.py
@@ -44,9 +44,12 @@ def process_children(element: etree._Element) -> Iterable[Tag]:
 
 
 def element_to_tag(element: etree._Element) -> Tag:
-    if not isinstance(element.tag, str):
+    if isinstance(element.tag, etree._Comment):
         return XMLComment(element.tag.text)
 
+    if not isinstance(element.tag, str):
+        return Literal("")
+
     tag_name = element.tag.split("}")[-1]
     raw_attributes = element.attrib