diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index f707ed6..51de3ba 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](http://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/)
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
 ## [Unreleased]
+### Changed
+ - Fixed bug preventing deserialization of XML lists
 
 ## [9.1.0] - 2019-02-07
 ### Added
diff --git a/ICD.Common.Utils/Xml/IcdXmlConvert.cs b/ICD.Common.Utils/Xml/IcdXmlConvert.cs
index 717ed97..c0a1f4a 100644
--- a/ICD.Common.Utils/Xml/IcdXmlConvert.cs
+++ b/ICD.Common.Utils/Xml/IcdXmlConvert.cs
@@ -72,7 +72,12 @@ namespace ICD.Common.Utils.Xml
 				throw new ArgumentNullException("type");
 
 			using (IcdXmlReader reader = new IcdXmlReader(xml))
-				return DeserializeObject(type, reader);
+			{
+				if (reader.ReadToNextElement())
+					return DeserializeObject(type, reader);
+
+				throw new FormatException("Expected element in XML");
+			}
 		}
 
 		/// <summary>