diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index d8c2e4d..61036e9 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 name = "asciimath-rs"
 description = "AsciiMath parser"
 repository = "https://github.com/trivernis/asciimath-rs"
-version = "0.4.4"
+version = "0.4.5"
 authors = ["trivernis <trivernis@protonmail.com>"]
 edition = "2018"
 readme = "README.md"
diff --git a/src/format/mathml.rs b/src/format/mathml.rs
index 22af779..1a5bfb7 100644
--- a/src/format/mathml.rs
+++ b/src/format/mathml.rs
@@ -84,12 +84,12 @@ impl ToMathML for PlainText {
     fn to_mathml(&self) -> String {
         if let Some(formatting) = &self.formatting {
             format!(
-                "<mtext mathvariant='{}'/>{}</mtext>",
+                "<mtext mathvariant='{}'>{}</mtext>",
                 formatting.to_mathml(),
                 encode_minimal(self.text.as_str())
             )
         } else {
-            format!("<mtext/>{}</mtext>", encode_minimal(self.text.as_str()))
+            format!("<mtext>{}</mtext>", encode_minimal(self.text.as_str()))
         }
     }
 }