diff --git a/dist/lib/svg_image.js b/dist/lib/svg_image.js
index f183e91..af35ae0 100644
--- a/dist/lib/svg_image.js
+++ b/dist/lib/svg_image.js
@@ -103,7 +103,9 @@
       })(this));
       this._checkSVG(doc);
       doc = new xmldom.XMLSerializer().serializeToString(doc);
-      return this.template = doT.template(doc);
+      return this.template = doT.template(doc, _.extend(doT.templateSettings, {
+        strip: false
+      }));
     };
 
     SVGImage.prototype._checkSVG = function(doc) {
diff --git a/lib/svg_image.coffee b/lib/svg_image.coffee
index 6ec76bb..c241b62 100644
--- a/lib/svg_image.coffee
+++ b/lib/svg_image.coffee
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ class SVGImage
     @_checkSVG(doc)
     doc = new xmldom.XMLSerializer().serializeToString(doc)
 
-    @template =  doT.template(doc)
+    @template =  doT.template(doc, _.extend(doT.templateSettings, { strip: false }))
 
   _checkSVG: (doc) ->
     if !(Object.keys(@colors).length > 0)