diff --git a/src/io/p5.XML.js b/src/io/p5.XML.js
index 375e0bb741..d5450938cc 100644
--- a/src/io/p5.XML.js
+++ b/src/io/p5.XML.js
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ p5.XML = class  {
     const newDOM = xmlDoc.createElement(name);
     newDOM.innerHTML = content;
     for (let i = 0; i < attributes.length; i++) {
-      newDOM.setAttribute(attributes[i].nodeName, attributes.nodeValue);
+      newDOM.setAttribute(attributes[i].nodeName, attributes[i].nodeValue);
     }
     this.DOM = newDOM;
   }