diff --git a/py-scripts.d/word-tags.py b/py-scripts.d/word-tags.py
index 4c7525f..f75d514 100644
--- a/py-scripts.d/word-tags.py
+++ b/py-scripts.d/word-tags.py
@@ -69,8 +69,10 @@ def add_tags(canto_txt_file):
                 line_spaced = re.sub('  ',' ',line)
                 # If there's a single space at the beginning of the line, delete it
                 line_spaced = line_spaced.lstrip(' ')
-                # Add three tabs at the beginning
-                line_spaced = re.sub('^','\t\t\t\t\t',line_spaced)
+                # Add three tabs and opening line tags at the beginning
+                line_spaced = re.sub('^','\t\t\t\t\t<l> ',line_spaced)
+                # Add closing line tags
+                line_spaced = re.sub('\n',' </l>\n',line_spaced)
                 Cxml.write(line_spaced)
             Cxmltmp.close()
         os.remove(tmpxmlfile)