diff --git a/src/services/api/routes/communities.ts b/src/services/api/routes/communities.ts
index 8856563..c74f1e8 100644
--- a/src/services/api/routes/communities.ts
+++ b/src/services/api/routes/communities.ts
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ router.get('/', async function (request: express.Request, response: express.Resp
 		});
 	}
 
-	response.send(xmlbuilder.create(json).end({ pretty: true, allowEmpty: true }));
+	response.send(xmlbuilder.create(json, { separateArrayItems: true }).end({ pretty: true, allowEmpty: true }));
 });
 
 router.get('/popular', async function (_request: express.Request, response: express.Response): Promise<void> {
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ router.get('/:communityID/posts', async function (request: express.Request, resp
 		});
 	}
 
-	response.send(xmlbuilder.create(json).end({ pretty: true, allowEmpty: true }));
+	response.send(xmlbuilder.create(json, { separateArrayItems: true }).end({ pretty: true, allowEmpty: true }));
 });
 
 // Handler for POST on '/v1/communities'
diff --git a/src/services/api/routes/friend_messages.ts b/src/services/api/routes/friend_messages.ts
index b26c1e9..25788d6 100644
--- a/src/services/api/routes/friend_messages.ts
+++ b/src/services/api/routes/friend_messages.ts
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ router.get('/', async function (request: express.Request, response: express.Resp
 			request_name: 'friend_messages',
 			posts: postBody
 		}
-	}).end({ pretty: true }));
+	}, { separateArrayItems: true }).end({ pretty: true }));
 });
 
 router.post('/:post_id/empathies', upload.none(), async function (_request: express.Request, response: express.Response): Promise<void> {
diff --git a/src/services/api/routes/people.ts b/src/services/api/routes/people.ts
index fe644c1..d246598 100644
--- a/src/services/api/routes/people.ts
+++ b/src/services/api/routes/people.ts
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ router.get('/', async function (request: express.Request, response: express.Resp
 		});
 	}
 
-	response.send(xmlbuilder.create(json).end({ pretty: true, allowEmpty: true }));
+	response.send(xmlbuilder.create(json, { separateArrayItems: true }).end({ pretty: true, allowEmpty: true }));
 });
 
 router.get('/:pid/following', async function (request: express.Request, response: express.Response): Promise<void> {
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ router.get('/:pid/following', async function (request: express.Request, response
 		});
 	}
 
-	response.send(xmlbuilder.create(json).end({ pretty: true, allowEmpty: true }));
+	response.send(xmlbuilder.create(json, { separateArrayItems: true }).end({ pretty: true, allowEmpty: true }));
 });
 
 export default router;
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/services/api/routes/posts.ts b/src/services/api/routes/posts.ts
index 1b4b7f8..3f7ab94 100644
--- a/src/services/api/routes/posts.ts
+++ b/src/services/api/routes/posts.ts
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ router.get('/:post_id/replies', async function (request: express.Request, respon
 		});
 	}
 
-	response.send(xmlbuilder.create(json).end({ pretty: true, allowEmpty: true }));
+	response.send(xmlbuilder.create(json, { separateArrayItems: true }).end({ pretty: true, allowEmpty: true }));
 });
 
 router.get('/', async function (request: express.Request, response: express.Response): Promise<void> {
diff --git a/src/services/api/routes/topics.ts b/src/services/api/routes/topics.ts
index 23d2cb6..7e8e32d 100644
--- a/src/services/api/routes/topics.ts
+++ b/src/services/api/routes/topics.ts
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ async function generateTopicsXML(communities: HydratedCommunityDocument[]): Prom
 		json.result.topics.push(topic);
 	}
 
-	return xmlbuilder.create(json).end({ pretty: true, allowEmpty: true });
+	return xmlbuilder.create(json, { separateArrayItems: true }).end({ pretty: true, allowEmpty: true });
 }
 
 async function calculateMostPopularCommunities(hours: number, limit: number): Promise<HydratedCommunityDocument[]> {