diff --git a/src/xml/vdomdocument.cpp b/src/xml/vdomdocument.cpp
index 51a034214..87af9b76b 100644
--- a/src/xml/vdomdocument.cpp
+++ b/src/xml/vdomdocument.cpp
@@ -125,7 +125,11 @@ bool VDomDocument::find(const QDomElement &node, const QString& id)
 
 void VDomDocument::CreateEmptyFile()
 {
-    QDomElement domElement = this->createElement("lekalo");
+    QDomElement domElement = this->createElement("pattern");
+    QDomAttr domAttr = createAttribute("xmlns");
+    domAttr.setValue("http://www.opengis.net/kml/2.2");
+    domElement.setAttributeNode(domAttr);
+
     this->appendChild(domElement);
     QDomNode xmlNode = this->createProcessingInstruction("xml", "version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\"");
     this->insertBefore(xmlNode, this->firstChild());