diff --git a/SPHDecode/Implementations/Cryptography.cs b/SPHDecode/Implementations/Cryptography.cs
index 4c930d9..86950f5 100644
--- a/SPHDecode/Implementations/Cryptography.cs
+++ b/SPHDecode/Implementations/Cryptography.cs
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 using System.IO.Compression;
 using System.Security.Cryptography;
 using System.Text;
+using System.Xml;
 
 namespace SPHDecode.Implementations
 {
@@ -48,7 +49,7 @@ public static string Decrypt(byte[] clearText)
             if (response.EndsWith("\0"))
                 response = response.Substring(0, response.Length - 1);
 
-            if (IsXML(response))
+            if (IsValidXML(response))
             {
                 return response;
             }
@@ -64,14 +65,14 @@ public static byte[] Enecrypt(string data)
         {
             byte[] response = null;
 
-            if (IsXML(data).Equals(false))
+            if (data.EndsWith("\0").Equals(false))
+                data = string.Concat(data, "\0");
+
+            if (IsValidXML(data).Equals(false))
             {
                 // TODO: show error message
             }
 
-            if (data.EndsWith("\0").Equals(false))
-                data = string.Concat(data, "\0");
-
             byte[] clearText = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(data);
 
             try
@@ -108,14 +109,23 @@ public static byte[] Enecrypt(string data)
             return response;
         }
 
-        public static bool IsXML(string xml)
+        private static bool IsValidXML(string value)
         {
-            string xmlHeader = "<?xml version=\"1.0\" ?>";
+            if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(value))
+                return false;
 
-            if (xml.Substring(0, xmlHeader.Length).Equals(xmlHeader))
-                return true;
+            try
+            {
+                XmlDocument xmlDoc = new XmlDocument();
 
-            return false;
+                xmlDoc.LoadXml(value);
+                    
+                return true;
+            }
+            catch (XmlException)
+            {
+                return false;
+            }
         }
 
         public static string DecompressData(byte[] data)