https://github.com/textile/python-textile/commit/83c81db387fa5f0c5ca25c27b8bc36d105bce599
diff --git a/textile/tools/sanitizer.py b/textile/tools/sanitizer.py
index 83b6799..4fc8fb2 100644
--- a/textile/tools/sanitizer.py
+++ b/textile/tools/sanitizer.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ def sanitize(string):
     p = html5lib.HTMLParser(tokenizer=sanitizer.HTMLSanitizer)
     tree = p.parseFragment(string)
 
-    walker = treewalkers.getTreeWalker("simpletree")
+    walker = treewalkers.getTreeWalker("etree")
     stream = walker(tree)
 
     s = serializer.htmlserializer.HTMLSerializer(omit_optional_tags=False,