     @saxParser.ontext = @saxParser.oncdata = (text) =>
       s = stack[stack.length - 1]
       if s
-        s["#"] += text
+        s[@CHARKEY] += text
 
   parseString: (str) =>
     @saxParser.write str.toString()

      trim: true
      # normalize implicates trimming, just so you know
      normalize: true
    # overwrite them with the specified options, if any
    options[key] = value for own key, value of opts


    # setting this property by and is deprecated, yet still supported.
    # better pass it as explicitCharkey option to the constructor
    @EXPLICIT_CHARKEY = options.explicitCharkey
    @ATTRKEY = options.attrkey
    @CHARKEY = options.charkey
    @resultObject = null
    stack = []

    @saxParser.onopentag = (node) =>
      obj = {}
      obj[@CHARKEY] = ""
      for own key of node.attributes
        if @ATTRKEY not of obj
          obj[@ATTRKEY] = {}
        obj[@ATTRKEY][key] = node.attributes[key]

      # need a place to store the node name
      obj["#name"] = node.name
