diff --git a/lib/OpenLayers/Feature/WFS.js b/lib/OpenLayers/Feature/WFS.js
index a02dfe60e1..b2eb0f5224 100644
--- a/lib/OpenLayers/Feature/WFS.js
+++ b/lib/OpenLayers/Feature/WFS.js
@@ -43,8 +43,15 @@ OpenLayers.Feature.WFS.prototype =
      */
     processXMLNode: function(xmlNode) {
         //this should be overridden by subclasses
-
         // must return an Object with 'id' and 'lonlat' values set
+        var point = xmlNode.getElementsByTagName("Point");
+        var text  = point[0].textContent;
+        var floats = text.split(",");
+
+        return {lonlat: new OpenLayers.LonLat(parseFloat(floats[0]),
+                                              parseFloat(floats[1])),
+                id: null};
+
     },
     
     /** @final @type String */
diff --git a/lib/OpenLayers/Layer/WFS.js b/lib/OpenLayers/Layer/WFS.js
index 4b060c10b3..6885b30248 100644
--- a/lib/OpenLayers/Layer/WFS.js
+++ b/lib/OpenLayers/Layer/WFS.js
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ OpenLayers.Layer.WFS.prototype =
     Object.extend(new OpenLayers.Layer.Markers(), {
 
     /** @type Object */
-    featureClass: null,
+    featureClass: OpenLayers.Feature.WFS,
 
     /** @final @type hash */
     DEFAULT_PARAMS: { service: "WFS",
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ OpenLayers.Layer.WFS.prototype =
     * @param {Object} featureClass
     */
     initialize: function(name, url, params, featureClass) {
-        this.featureClass = featureClass;
+        if (featureClass != null) this.featureClass = featureClass;
         
         var newArguments = new Array();
         if (arguments.length > 0) {
diff --git a/lib/OpenLayers/Tile/WFS.js b/lib/OpenLayers/Tile/WFS.js
index aede4a6dd0..486d1384cd 100644
--- a/lib/OpenLayers/Tile/WFS.js
+++ b/lib/OpenLayers/Tile/WFS.js
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ OpenLayers.Tile.WFS.prototype =
             doc = OpenLayers.parseXMLString(request.responseText);
         }
         
-        var resultFeatures = OpenLayers.Util.getNodes(doc, "gml:featureMember");
+        var resultFeatures = doc.getElementsByTagName("featureMember");
             
         //clear old featureList
         this.features = new Array();