diff --git a/wig/classes/request2.py b/wig/classes/request2.py
index 4dff657..9c9ba6f 100644
--- a/wig/classes/request2.py
+++ b/wig/classes/request2.py
@@ -10,9 +10,7 @@
 
 class HTMLStripper(HTMLParser):
 	def __init__(self):
-		self.reset()
-		self.strict = False
-		self.convert_charrefs = True
+		super().__init__(convert_charrefs=True)
 		self.tagtext = []
 	def handle_data(self, d):
 		self.tagtext.append(d)