--- a/plugins/mod_pep.lua	Sun Dec 23 02:53:12 2018 +0100
+++ b/plugins/mod_pep.lua	Sun Dec 23 02:54:39 2018 +0100
@@ -136,6 +136,7 @@
 		if kind == "retract" then
 			kind = "items"; -- XEP-0060 signals retraction in an <items> container
 		end
+
 		if item then
 			item = st.clone(item);
 			item.attr.xmlns = nil; -- Clear the pubsub namespace
@@ -149,9 +150,11 @@
 		local message = st.message({ from = user_bare, type = "headline" })
 			:tag("event", { xmlns = xmlns_pubsub_event })
 				:tag(kind, { node = node });
+
 		if item then
 			message:add_child(item);
 		end
+
 		for jid in pairs(jids) do
 			module:log("debug", "Sending notification to %s from %s: %s", jid, user_bare, tostring(item));
 			message.attr.to = jid;