diff --git a/fine-itext/src/main/java/com/fr/third/v2/lowagie/text/html/simpleparser/HTMLWorker.java b/fine-itext/src/main/java/com/fr/third/v2/lowagie/text/html/simpleparser/HTMLWorker.java
index 9bce7242f..74628ff53 100644
--- a/fine-itext/src/main/java/com/fr/third/v2/lowagie/text/html/simpleparser/HTMLWorker.java
+++ b/fine-itext/src/main/java/com/fr/third/v2/lowagie/text/html/simpleparser/HTMLWorker.java
@@ -244,8 +244,7 @@ public class HTMLWorker implements SimpleXMLDocHandler, DocListener {
 			}
 			if (tag.equals(HtmlTags.NEWLINE)) {
 				if (currentParagraph == null) {
-					currentParagraph = FactoryProperties
-							.createParagraph(cprops);
+					currentParagraph = new Paragraph();
 				}
 				currentParagraph.add(factoryProperties
 						.createChunk("\n", cprops));
@@ -258,8 +257,7 @@ public class HTMLWorker implements SimpleXMLDocHandler, DocListener {
 				// end with a break, but a trailing break is always inserted.
 				boolean addLeadingBreak = true;
 				if (currentParagraph == null) {
-					currentParagraph = FactoryProperties
-							.createParagraph(cprops);
+					currentParagraph = new Paragraph();
 					addLeadingBreak = false;
 				}
 				if (addLeadingBreak) { // Not a new paragraph
diff --git a/fine-itext/src/main/java/com/fr/third/v2/lowagie/text/xml/simpleparser/SimpleXMLParser.java b/fine-itext/src/main/java/com/fr/third/v2/lowagie/text/xml/simpleparser/SimpleXMLParser.java
index 3e765d52e..ea05a882d 100644
--- a/fine-itext/src/main/java/com/fr/third/v2/lowagie/text/xml/simpleparser/SimpleXMLParser.java
+++ b/fine-itext/src/main/java/com/fr/third/v2/lowagie/text/xml/simpleparser/SimpleXMLParser.java
@@ -494,7 +494,7 @@ public final class SimpleXMLParser {
         if (c == -1) {
             return;
         }
-        if (c == '/' || HTMLWorker.tagsPrefixSupported.containsKey(c)) {
+        if (c == '/' || HTMLWorker.tagsPrefixSupported.containsKey(Character.toLowerCase(c))) {
             if (type == TEXT) {
                 flush();
             }