diff --git a/changelog.txt b/changelog.txt
index dd80da47..16574a7a 100644
--- a/changelog.txt
+++ b/changelog.txt
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ OPENSEADRAGON CHANGELOG
 * Fixed MouseTracker cross-browser issues with tracking pointers over and out of the tracked element (pull request #448, fix for #152, #404, #420, and #427)
 * Fixed incorrect flick direction after image is rotated (#452)
 * Debug mode now works with rotate images (#453)
+* Now supporting dzi xml with namespaces (#462)
 
 1.1.1:
 
diff --git a/src/dzitilesource.js b/src/dzitilesource.js
index 5ef2585e..f5b75d69 100644
--- a/src/dzitilesource.js
+++ b/src/dzitilesource.js
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ $.extend( $.DziTileSource.prototype, $.TileSource.prototype, /** @lends OpenSead
         var ns;
         if ( data.Image ) {
             ns = data.Image.xmlns;
-        } else if ( data.documentElement && "Image" == data.documentElement.tagName ) {
+        } else if ( data.documentElement && "Image" == data.documentElement.localName ) {
             ns = data.documentElement.namespaceURI;
         }
 
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ function configureFromXML( tileSource, xmlDoc ){
     }
 
     var root           = xmlDoc.documentElement,
-        rootName       = root.tagName,
+        rootName       = root.localName,
         configuration  = null,
         displayRects   = [],
         dispRectNodes,
diff --git a/src/navigator.js b/src/navigator.js
index 6910ae0c..d07a2bba 100644
--- a/src/navigator.js
+++ b/src/navigator.js
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@
 $.Navigator = function( options ){
 
     var viewer      = options.viewer,
+        _this = this,
         viewerSize,
         navigatorSize,
         unneededElement;
@@ -217,10 +218,9 @@ $.Navigator = function( options ){
 
     if (options.navigatorRotate)
     {
-        var _this = this;
         options.viewer.addHandler("rotate", function (args) {
-            _setTransformRotate(_this.viewer.navigator.displayRegionContainer, args.degrees);
-            _setTransformRotate(_this.viewer.navigator.displayRegion, -args.degrees);
+            _setTransformRotate(_this.displayRegionContainer, args.degrees);
+            _setTransformRotate(_this.displayRegion, -args.degrees);
             _this.viewport.setRotation(args.degrees);
         });
 
diff --git a/src/viewport.js b/src/viewport.js
index fb64c1df..02b262f8 100644
--- a/src/viewport.js
+++ b/src/viewport.js
@@ -739,7 +739,7 @@ $.Viewport.prototype = /** @lends OpenSeadragon.Viewport.prototype */{
          * @property {Number} degrees - The number of degrees the rotation was set to.
          * @property {?Object} userData - Arbitrary subscriber-defined object.
          */
-        if (this.viewer.navigator !== null)
+        if (this.viewer !== null)
         {
             this.viewer.raiseEvent('rotate', {"degrees": degrees});
         }