diff --git a/Sources/XmlElement.swift b/Sources/XmlElement.swift
index a6ec462..8b7d8ed 100644
--- a/Sources/XmlElement.swift
+++ b/Sources/XmlElement.swift
@@ -11,12 +11,13 @@ import Foundation
 open class XmlElement {
     open var name: String
     open var attributes: [String:String] = [:]
-    open var text: String = "" //I guess this is ok.
+    open var text: String
     open var children: [XmlElement] = []
     open var parent: XmlElement?
     
-    public init(name: String, xmlns: String? = nil) {
+    public init(name: String, xmlns: String? = nil, text: String = "") {
         self.name = name
+        self.text = text
         attributes["xmlns"] = xmlns
     }
     
@@ -24,6 +25,15 @@ open class XmlElement {
         //TODO: generate compact xml
         return "<\(name)\(attributes.map({" \($0)=\"\($1)\" "}).joined())>\(text)\(children.map({ $0.description }).joined())</\(name)>"
     }
+    
+    open subscript(key: String) -> String? {
+        get {
+            return attributes[key]
+        }
+        set {
+            attributes[key] = newValue
+        }
+    }
 }
 
 extension XmlElement: CustomStringConvertible {
diff --git a/Xml.swift.podspec b/Xml.swift.podspec
index c257319..8fe6a27 100755
--- a/Xml.swift.podspec
+++ b/Xml.swift.podspec
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Pod::Spec.new do |s|
     s.name             = 'Xml.swift'
-    s.version          = '1.0.0'
+    s.version          = '1.1.0'
     s.summary          = 'An XMLParser wrapper for swift.'
     s.homepage         = 'https://github.com/BiAtoms/Xml.swift'
     s.license          = { :type => 'MIT', :file => 'LICENSE' }