diff --git a/lib/node-xml.js b/lib/node-xml.js
index 672c44d..4a1e72f 100755
--- a/lib/node-xml.js
+++ b/lib/node-xml.js
@@ -234,33 +234,41 @@ XMLP.prototype._parse = function() {
         return XMLP._NONE;
     }
 
+    function _indexOf(needle, haystack, start) {
+        // This is an improvement over the native indexOf because it stops at the
+        // end of the needle and doesn't continue to the end of the haystack looking.
+        for(var i = 0; i < needle.length; i++) {
+            if(needle.charAt(i) != haystack.charAt(start + i))
+                return -1;
+        }
+        return start;
+    }
+
     var fc = this.m_xml.charAt(this.m_iP);
     if (fc !== '<' && fc !== '&') {
-        return this._parseText   (this.m_iP);        
-    }    
-    else if(this.m_iP == this.m_xml.indexOf("<?",        this.m_iP)) {
+        return this._parseText   (this.m_iP);
+    }
+    else if(this.m_iP == _indexOf("<?", this.m_xml, this.m_iP)) {
         return this._parsePI     (this.m_iP + 2);
     }
-    else if(this.m_iP == this.m_xml.indexOf("<!DOCTYPE", this.m_iP)) {
+    else if(this.m_iP == _indexOf("<!DOCTYPE", this.m_xml, this.m_iP)) {
         return this._parseDTD    (this.m_iP + 9);
     }
-    else if(this.m_iP == this.m_xml.indexOf("<!--",      this.m_iP)) {
+    else if(this.m_iP == _indexOf("<!--", this.m_xml, this.m_iP)) {
         return this._parseComment(this.m_iP + 4);
     }
-    else if(this.m_iP == this.m_xml.indexOf("<![CDATA[", this.m_iP)) {
+    else if(this.m_iP == _indexOf("<![CDATA[", this.m_xml, this.m_iP)) {
         return this._parseCDATA  (this.m_iP + 9);
     }
-    else if(this.m_iP == this.m_xml.indexOf("<",         this.m_iP)) {
+    else if(this.m_iP == _indexOf("<", this.m_xml, this.m_iP)) {
         return this._parseElement(this.m_iP + 1);
     }
-    else if(this.m_iP == this.m_xml.indexOf("&",         this.m_iP)) {
+    else if(this.m_iP == _indexOf("&", this.m_xml, this.m_iP)) {
         return this._parseEntity (this.m_iP + 1);
     }
     else{
         return this._parseText   (this.m_iP);
     }
-
-
 }
 
 ////////// NAMESPACE SUPPORT //////////////////////////////////////////
@@ -839,10 +847,15 @@ SaxParser.prototype.pause = function() {
 SaxParser.prototype.resume = function() {
     //reset the state
     this.m_parser.resume();
+    this.m_interrupted = false;
+    
     //now start up the parse loop
     var that = this;
     setTimeout(function(){
             that._parseLoop();
+            if(!that.m_bErr && !that.m_interrupted) {
+                that._fireEvent(SaxParser.DOC_E);
+            }
     }, 0);
 }