diff --git a/hsp.cabal b/hsp.cabal
--- a/hsp.cabal
+++ b/hsp.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 Name:                   hsp
-Version:                0.9.0
+Version:                0.9.1
 License:                BSD3
 License-File:           LICENSE
 Author:                 Niklas Broberg, Joel Bjornson
diff --git a/src/HSP/XMLGenerator.hs b/src/HSP/XMLGenerator.hs
--- a/src/HSP/XMLGenerator.hs
+++ b/src/HSP/XMLGenerator.hs
@@ -193,6 +193,10 @@
 instance IsName String String where
     toName s = (Nothing, s)
 
+-- | Strings can represent names, meaning a simple name with no domain.
+instance IsName String Text where
+    toName s = (Nothing, Text.pack s)
+
 -- | Names can represent names, of course.
 instance (Show a) => IsName (Name a) a where
     toName = id