diff --git a/src/playlistparsers/wplparser.cpp b/src/playlistparsers/wplparser.cpp
index d8229c3247..6bdb61b0d7 100644
--- a/src/playlistparsers/wplparser.cpp
+++ b/src/playlistparsers/wplparser.cpp
@@ -85,9 +85,9 @@ void WplParser::Save(const SongList& songs, QIODevice* device, const QDir& dir,
   s.endGroup();
 
   QXmlStreamWriter writer(device);
+  writer.writeProcessingInstruction("wpl", "version=\"1.0\"");
   writer.setAutoFormatting(true);
   writer.setAutoFormattingIndent(2);
-  writer.writeProcessingInstruction("wpl", "version=\"1.0\"");
 
   StreamElement smil("smil", &writer);