diff --git a/src/leaflet.sld.js b/src/leaflet.sld.js
index bb7d4d9da6110dcdd8491ae6fa45d7fe8186a2ba..75b18bd754fd1d8b3d1bfdada65e1f0cf70796f2 100644
--- a/src/leaflet.sld.js
+++ b/src/leaflet.sld.js
@@ -531,6 +531,7 @@ L.SLDStyler = L.Class.extend({
    create_svg(symbol)
    {
       var svgElement = null;
+      
       svgElement = document.createElementNS("http://www.w3.org/2000/svg", "svg");
       svgElement.setAttribute('xmlns', "http://www.w3.org/2000/svg");
       svgElement.innerHTML = symbol;