--- a/rss.php
+++ b/rss.php
@@ -20,9 +20,13 @@
 // To read the license please visit http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------
 
+ini_set('display_errors', 0);
+ini_set('display_startup_errors', 0);
+error_reporting(-1);
+
 define("_BASEDIR", "");
-  include_once("includes/dbfunctions.php");    
-  include_once("config.php"); 
+  require_once("includes/dbfunctions.php");
+  require_once("config.php"); 
 $settingsresults = dbquery("SELECT sitename, url, siteemail, slogan, language, tableprefix, dateformat FROM ".$settingsprefix."fanfiction_settings WHERE sitekey = '$sitekey'");
 $settings = dbassoc($settingsresults);
 foreach($settings as $var => $val) {
@@ -30,6 +34,8 @@
 }
 define("TABLEPREFIX", $tableprefix);
 define("SITEKEY", $sitekey);
+define("_CHARSET", "utf-8");
+
   include_once("includes/queries.php");
   if(file_exists("languages/{$language}.php")) include("languages/{$language}.php");
   else include("languages/en.php");
@@ -57,31 +63,31 @@
   $rss.="<webMaster>$siteemail</webMaster>\n"; 
   $rss.="<language>$language</language>\n"; 
 
-$query = _STORYQUERY." ORDER BY updated DESC LIMIT 20";
-$results = dbquery($query);
-while($story = dbassoc($results)) {
-    $story['authors'][] = $story['penname'];
-    if($story['coauthors']) {
-		$coauth = dbquery("SELECT "._PENNAMEFIELD." as penname, co.uid FROM ".TABLEPREFIX."fanfiction_coauthors AS co LEFT JOIN "._AUTHORTABLE." ON co.uid = "._UIDFIELD." WHERE co.sid = '".$story['sid']."'");
-		while($c = dbassoc($coauth)) {
-			$story['authors'][] = $c['penname'];
-		}
-    }
-    foreach($story['authors'] AS $k => $v) {
-	$story['authors'][$k] = strip_tags(xmlentities( $v));
-    }
-    $rss.= "<item>
-	<title>".strip_tags(xmlentities($story['title']))." "._BY." ".implode(", ", $story['authors'])." [".$ratings[$story['rid']]."]</title>
-	<link>$url/viewstory.php?sid=".$story['sid']."</link>
-	<description>".strip_tags(xmlentities($story['summary']))."</description>
-	<pubDate>".date("r",$story['updated'])."</pubDate>
-     </item>\n";  
-} 
+  $query = _STORYQUERY." ORDER BY updated DESC LIMIT 20";
+  $results = dbquery($query);
+  while($story = dbassoc($results)) {
+      $story['authors'][] = $story['penname'];
+      if($story['coauthors']) {
+      $coauth = dbquery("SELECT "._PENNAMEFIELD." as penname, co.uid FROM ".TABLEPREFIX."fanfiction_coauthors AS co LEFT JOIN "._AUTHORTABLE." ON co.uid = "._UIDFIELD." WHERE co.sid = '".$story['sid']."'");
+      while($c = dbassoc($coauth)) {
+        $story['authors'][] = $c['penname'];
+      }
+      }
+      foreach($story['authors'] AS $k => $v) {
+    $story['authors'][$k] = strip_tags(xmlentities( $v));
+      }
+      $rss.= "<item>
+    <title>".strip_tags(xmlentities($story['title']))." "._BY." ".implode(", ", $story['authors'])." [".$ratings[$story['rid']]."]</title>
+    <link>$url/viewstory.php?sid=".$story['sid']."</link>
+    <description>".strip_tags(xmlentities($story['summary']))."</description>
+    <pubDate>".date("r",$story['updated'])."</pubDate>
+      </item>\n";  
+  } 
 
-  $rss.="</channel>
-</rss>"; 
+    $rss.="</channel>
+  </rss>"; 
 
-  header('Content-type: application/xml', TRUE);
+  header('Content-type: application/xml');
   header("Cache-Control: must-revalidate"); 
   header("Expires: ".gmdate("D, d M Y H:i:s", time() + 3600) . " GMT");