diff --git a/lib/OpenLayers/Format/WFS.js b/lib/OpenLayers/Format/WFS.js
index 1a74fe648d..3079a6fcef 100644
--- a/lib/OpenLayers/Format/WFS.js
+++ b/lib/OpenLayers/Format/WFS.js
@@ -76,7 +76,8 @@ OpenLayers.Format.WFS = OpenLayers.Class(OpenLayers.Format.GML, {
                     break;
             }
         }
-        return transaction;
+        
+        return OpenLayers.Format.XML.prototype.write.apply(this,[transaction]);
     },
    
     /**
@@ -92,7 +93,7 @@ OpenLayers.Format.WFS = OpenLayers.Class(OpenLayers.Format.GML, {
         var featureContainer = this.createElementNS(this.featureNS, "feature:" + this.featureName);
         featureContainer.appendChild(geomContainer);
         for(var attr in feature.attributes) {
-            var attrText = document.createTextNode(feature.attributes[attr]); 
+            var attrText = this.createTextNode(feature.attributes[attr]); 
             var nodename = attr;
             if (attr.search(":") != -1) {
                 nodename = attr.split(":")[1];
@@ -132,7 +133,7 @@ OpenLayers.Format.WFS = OpenLayers.Class(OpenLayers.Format.GML, {
         var propertyNode = this.createElementNS(this.wfsns, 'wfs:Property');
         var nameNode = this.createElementNS(this.wfsns, 'wfs:Name');
         
-        var txtNode = document.createTextNode(this.geometryName);
+        var txtNode = this.createTextNode(this.geometryName);
         nameNode.appendChild(txtNode);
         propertyNode.appendChild(nameNode);