diff --git a/extra/svn/reposman.rb b/extra/svn/reposman.rb
index 8d5c3b5e..2a7938c0 100755
--- a/extra/svn/reposman.rb
+++ b/extra/svn/reposman.rb
@@ -199,6 +199,7 @@ end
 
 class Project < ActiveResource::Base
   self.headers["User-agent"] = "Redmine repository manager/#{Version}"
+  self.format = :xml
 end
 
 log("querying Redmine for projects...", :level => 1);