diff --git a/src/lexer.c b/src/lexer.c
index 9346567..667d69c 100644
--- a/src/lexer.c
+++ b/src/lexer.c
@@ -3736,6 +3736,7 @@ static tmbstr  ParseAttribute( TidyDocImpl* doc, Bool *isempty,
             {
                 /* Not '/>' - put it back */
                 TY_(UngetChar)(c, doc->docIn);
+                c = '/';  /* retore original char */
             }
         }
 
diff --git a/version.txt b/version.txt
index 9f5f66f..badd982 100644
--- a/version.txt
+++ b/version.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-5.5.29
-2017.05.27
+5.5.30
+2017.05.29