diff --git a/app/models/error_report.rb b/app/models/error_report.rb
index 3ea4709..c8bee9c 100644
--- a/app/models/error_report.rb
+++ b/app/models/error_report.rb
@@ -23,8 +23,10 @@ class ErrorReport
   end
 
   def initialize(xml_or_attributes)
-    @attributes = (xml_or_attributes.is_a?(String) ? Hoptoad.parse_xml!(xml_or_attributes) : xml_or_attributes).with_indifferent_access
-    @attributes.each{|k, v| instance_variable_set(:"@#{k}", v) }
+    @attributes = xml_or_attributes
+    @attributes = Hoptoad.parse_xml!(@attributes) if @attributes.is_a? String
+    @attributes = @attributes.with_indifferent_access
+    @attributes.each { |k, v| instance_variable_set(:"@#{k}", v) }
   end
 
   def rails_env
--
libgit2 0.21.2