4 files changed, 9 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/news b/news
index 85246a8..440e4de 100755
--- a/news
+++ b/news
diff --git a/src/RSS.cpp b/src/RSS.cpp
index 20c809f..a5c8b12 100644
--- a/src/RSS.cpp
+++ b/src/RSS.cpp
@@ -67,7 +67,9 @@ void RSS::parse(std::string contents) {
     // std::cout << "starting tokenization..." << std::endl;
     if (contents.length() == 0) return;
     try {
-        auto leaf = XML_leaf(contents).GetChild("channel");
+        auto leaf = XML_leaf(contents);
+        if (leaf.Name != "channel")
+            leaf = leaf.GetChild("channel");
         if (leaf.Raw == "<>") 
             throw new std::runtime_error("The feed does not contain <channel> element");
 
@@ -76,8 +78,8 @@ void RSS::parse(std::string contents) {
         auto items = leaf.GetChildren("item");
         for (auto item : items)
             Entries.push_back(RSS_Entry(item));
-    } catch (const char *err) {
-        std::cout << "Failed to parse feed '" << URL << "' :" << err << std::endl;
+    } catch (std::exception& err) {
+        std::cout << "Failed to parse feed '" << URL << "' :" << err.what() << std::endl;
         return;
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/RSS.hpp b/src/RSS.hpp
index c4a5b2c..8a0292b 100644
--- a/src/RSS.hpp
+++ b/src/RSS.hpp
@@ -106,8 +106,8 @@ class XML_leaf {
 
         static std::string trimSpaces(std::string raw) {
             auto outp = std::regex_replace(raw, std::regex("\n"), "");
-            outp = std::regex_replace(outp, std::regex("> <"), "><");
             outp = std::regex_replace(outp, std::regex(" +"), " ");
+            outp = std::regex_replace(outp, std::regex("> <"), "><");
             return outp;
         }
 
@@ -130,6 +130,7 @@ class XML_leaf {
                 outp.push_back(raw.substr(idx, (next_idx - idx) + 1));
                 idx = next_idx + 1;
             }
+            // std::cout << "Tokenization done" << '\n';
 
             return outp;
         };
diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
index cabe6dd..737ef8a 100644
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -33,8 +33,8 @@ int main() {
             // std::cout << "URL: " << src.GetValue() << std::endl;
             RSS(src.GetValue()).print_latest(span);
         }
-    } catch (char *ex) {
-        std::cout << "failed to read config file: " << ex << std::endl;
+    } catch (std::exception& err) {
+        std::cout << "failed to read config file: " << err.what() << std::endl;
         return 1;
     }