diff --git a/scripts/Windows/Scripts/AppAssociations.ps1 b/scripts/Windows/Scripts/AppAssociations.ps1
index 664b42756..4c06cdb9f 100644
--- a/scripts/Windows/Scripts/AppAssociations.ps1
+++ b/scripts/Windows/Scripts/AppAssociations.ps1
@@ -7,7 +7,9 @@ New-Module {
         }
 
         static [xml] GetAppAssociations() {
-            [xml] $associations = (DISM /Online /Get-DefaultAppAssociations) | Select-Object -Skip 6 | Select-Object -SkipLast 2 | Out-String;
+            [xml] $associations = [xml]::new();
+            $associations.PreserveWhitespace = $true;
+            $associations.LoadXml(((DISM /Online /Get-DefaultAppAssociations) | Select-Object -Skip 6 | Select-Object -SkipLast 2 | Out-String));
             return $associations;
         }