diff --git a/src/persist/zcl_abapgit_persist_migrate.clas.abap b/src/persist/zcl_abapgit_persist_migrate.clas.abap
index 9483f42f7..525d39388 100644
--- a/src/persist/zcl_abapgit_persist_migrate.clas.abap
+++ b/src/persist/zcl_abapgit_persist_migrate.clas.abap
@@ -387,12 +387,21 @@ CLASS zcl_abapgit_persist_migrate IMPLEMENTATION.
 
   METHOD update_global_settings.
 
-    DATA: lv_settings_xml TYPE string.
+    DATA: li_ixml          TYPE REF TO if_ixml,
+          lv_settings_xml  TYPE string,
+          li_ostream       TYPE REF TO if_ixml_ostream,
+          li_renderer      TYPE REF TO if_ixml_renderer,
+          li_streamfactory TYPE REF TO if_ixml_stream_factory.
 
     " finally update global settings
     " migrated elements are already removed from document
 
-    lv_settings_xml = cl_ixml_80_20=>render_to_string( ii_document ).
+    li_ixml = cl_ixml=>create( ).
+    li_streamfactory = li_ixml->create_stream_factory( ).
+    li_ostream = li_streamfactory->create_ostream_cstring( lv_settings_xml ).
+    li_renderer = li_ixml->create_renderer( ostream  = li_ostream
+                                            document = ii_document ).
+    li_renderer->render( ).
 
     zcl_abapgit_persistence_db=>get_instance( )->update(
       iv_type  = zcl_abapgit_persistence_db=>c_type_settings