diff --git a/datatree/__init__.py b/datatree/__init__.py
index 4cdbcd4..d5b9ba0 100644
--- a/datatree/__init__.py
+++ b/datatree/__init__.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-from .node import Tree, S, SubNode, Name, __
+from .node import Tree, n, Node, Name, __
 
-__all__ = ['Tree', 'S', 'SubNode', 'Name', '__']
+__all__ = ['Tree', 'Node', 'n', 'Name', '__']
 
-VERSION = (0, 1, 0)
+VERSION = (0, 1, 1)
diff --git a/datatree/node.py b/datatree/node.py
index 77cdd71..6c4323a 100644
--- a/datatree/node.py
+++ b/datatree/node.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 from .symbols import Symbol
 from .utils import get_class
 
-__all__ = ['Tree', 'Node', 'SubNode', 'S', 'Name', '__']
+__all__ = ['Tree', 'Node', 'n', 'Name', '__']
 
 Name = Symbol('Name')
 __ = Name
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ def add_child_node(self, child_node):
     ### Operator Overloads ###
 
     def __lshift__(self, other):
-        if isinstance(other, SubNode) or isinstance(other, BaseNode):
+        if isinstance(other, BaseNode):
             other = [other]
         for item in other:
             self.add_child_node(item)
@@ -180,6 +180,7 @@ def DECLARE(self, name, *attrs):
 class Node(Vertice):
     def __init__(self, node_name='root', node_value=None, **attrs):
         super(Node, self).__init__(node_name=node_name, node_value=node_value, **attrs)
+n = Node
 
 class InstructionNode(Leaf):
     pass
@@ -199,11 +200,3 @@ def __str__(self):
 class CDataNode(Leaf):
     pass
 
-"""
-class SubNode(object):
-    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
-        self.args, self.kwargs = args, kwargs
-"""
-# TODO: Revisit. Replace SubNode with Node?
-SubNode = Node
-S = SubNode
diff --git a/datatree/tests/test_dictrenderer.py b/datatree/tests/test_dictrenderer.py
index 2e1b5a4..8ecbc6b 100644
--- a/datatree/tests/test_dictrenderer.py
+++ b/datatree/tests/test_dictrenderer.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import unittest
 
-from datatree import Tree, S
+from datatree import Tree, n
 from datatree.render.dictrender import DictTreeRenderer, NodeLossError
 
 class test_DictRenderer(unittest.TestCase):
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ def test__children_distinct_names_large(self):
         render = DictTreeRenderer()
         tree = Tree()
         with tree.root() as root:
-            root << [S('Node', i) for i in range(1000)]
+            root << [n('Node', i) for i in range(1000)]
             
         expected = set(["Node"])
         self.assertSetEqual(render._children_distinct_names(root.__children__), expected)
diff --git a/datatree/tests/test_node.py b/datatree/tests/test_node.py
index 6ccf32c..e36a30c 100644
--- a/datatree/tests/test_node.py
+++ b/datatree/tests/test_node.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import unittest
 
-from datatree.node import Node, S, Tree
+from datatree.node import Node, n, Tree
 
 class test_Node(unittest.TestCase):
 
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ def test_add_duplicate_nodes(self):
 
     def test_lshift_operator_single(self):
         root = Node('test_lshift_operator_single')
-        root << S('level1', 'two', some='attr')
+        root << n('level1', 'two', some='attr')
 
         self.assertEqual(root.__node_name__, 'test_lshift_operator_single')
         child = root.__children__[0]
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ def test_lshift_operator_single(self):
 
     def test_lshift_operator_multi(self):
         root = Node('test_lshift_operator_multi')
-        root << [S('level1', 'two', some='attr'), S('level1', 'two', some='attr')]
+        root << [n('level1', 'two', some='attr'), n('level1', 'two', some='attr')]
 
         self.assertEqual(root.__node_name__, 'test_lshift_operator_multi')
         for child in root.__children__:
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ def test_lshift_operator_multi(self):
 
     def test_lshift_operator_chained(self):
         root = Node()
-        root << S('level1', 'two', some='attr') << S('level1', 'two', some='attr')
+        root << n('level1', 'two', some='attr') << n('level1', 'two', some='attr')
 
         for child in root.__children__:
             self.assertEqual(child.__node_name__, 'level1')
diff --git a/datatree/tests/test_xmlrenderer.py b/datatree/tests/test_xmlrenderer.py
index 5fed63b..11b2cbd 100644
--- a/datatree/tests/test_xmlrenderer.py
+++ b/datatree/tests/test_xmlrenderer.py
@@ -85,6 +85,8 @@ def test_parse_complex_doc(self):
                 novels.novel('Small Gods', year=1992)
                 novels.novel('The Fifth Elephant', year=1999)
 
-        e.fromstring(tree())
+        etree = e.fromstring(tree())
+        self.assertEqual(etree.find('.//genre').text, 'Fantasy/Comedy')
+        self.assertEqual(len(etree.findall('.//novel')), 2)