diff --git a/lib/api/manipulation.js b/lib/api/manipulation.js
index 4b443184c1..cbe352d710 100644
--- a/lib/api/manipulation.js
+++ b/lib/api/manipulation.js
@@ -7,17 +7,18 @@ var _ = require('lodash'),
     domEach = utils.domEach,
     encode = utils.encode,
     slice = Array.prototype.slice;
+
 // Create an array of nodes, recursing into arrays and parsing strings if
 // necessary
-var makeDomArray = function(elem) {
+exports._makeDomArray = function makeDomArray(elem) {
   if (elem == null) {
     return [];
   } else if (elem.cheerio) {
     return elem.get();
   } else if (_.isArray(elem)) {
-    return _.flatten(elem.map(makeDomArray));
+    return _.flatten(elem.map(makeDomArray, this));
   } else if (_.isString(elem)) {
-    return evaluate(elem);
+    return evaluate(elem, this.options);
   } else {
     return [elem];
   }
@@ -26,11 +27,11 @@ var makeDomArray = function(elem) {
 var _insert = function(concatenator) {
   return function() {
     var elems = slice.call(arguments),
-        dom = makeDomArray(elems);
+        dom = this._makeDomArray(elems);
 
     if (_.isFunction(elems[0])) {
       return this.each(function(i, el) {
-        dom = makeDomArray(elems[0].call(el, i, this.html()));
+        dom = this._makeDomArray(elems[0].call(el, i, this.html()));
         concatenator(dom, el.children, el);
       });
     } else {
@@ -96,7 +97,8 @@ var prepend = exports.prepend = _insert(function(dom, children, parent) {
 
 var after = exports.after = function() {
   var elems = slice.call(arguments),
-      dom = makeDomArray(elems);
+      dom = this._makeDomArray(elems),
+      self = this;
 
   domEach(this, function(i, el) {
     var parent = el.parent || el.root,
@@ -107,7 +109,7 @@ var after = exports.after = function() {
     if (!~index) return;
 
     if (_.isFunction(elems[0])) {
-      dom = makeDomArray(elems[0].call(el, i));
+      dom = self._makeDomArray(elems[0].call(el, i));
     }
 
     // Add element after `this` element
@@ -119,7 +121,8 @@ var after = exports.after = function() {
 
 var before = exports.before = function() {
   var elems = slice.call(arguments),
-      dom = makeDomArray(elems);
+      dom = this._makeDomArray(elems),
+      self = this;
 
   domEach(this, function(i, el) {
     var parent = el.parent || el.root,
@@ -130,7 +133,7 @@ var before = exports.before = function() {
     if (!~index) return;
 
     if (_.isFunction(elems[0])) {
-      dom = makeDomArray(elems[0].call(el, i));
+      dom = self._makeDomArray(elems[0].call(el, i));
     }
 
     // Add element before `el` element
@@ -172,10 +175,12 @@ var remove = exports.remove = function(selector) {
 };
 
 var replaceWith = exports.replaceWith = function(content) {
+  var self = this;
+
   domEach(this, function(i, el) {
     var parent = el.parent || el.root,
         siblings = parent.children,
-        dom = makeDomArray(_.isFunction(content) ? content.call(el, i, el) : content),
+        dom = self._makeDomArray(_.isFunction(content) ? content.call(el, i, el) : content),
         index;
 
     // In the case that `dom` contains nodes that already exist in other
@@ -212,7 +217,7 @@ var html = exports.html = function(str) {
     return $.html(this[0].children);
   }
 
-  str = str.cheerio ? str.get() : evaluate(str);
+  str = str.cheerio ? str.get() : evaluate(str, this.options);
 
   domEach(this, function(i, el) {
     _.each(el.children, function(el) {
diff --git a/lib/cheerio.js b/lib/cheerio.js
index 18d0d1d126..750ecc2293 100644
--- a/lib/cheerio.js
+++ b/lib/cheerio.js
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 
 var path = require('path'),
     parse = require('./parse'),
-    evaluate = parse.evaluate,
     _ = require('lodash');
 
 /*
@@ -34,14 +33,16 @@ var $ = require('./static');
  * Instance of cheerio
  */
 
-var Cheerio = module.exports = function(selector, context, root) {
-  if (!(this instanceof Cheerio)) return new Cheerio(selector, context, root);
+var Cheerio = module.exports = function(selector, context, root, options) {
+  if (!(this instanceof Cheerio)) return new Cheerio(selector, context, root, options);
+
+  this.options = _.defaults(options || {}, this.options);
 
   // $(), $(null), $(undefined), $(false)
   if (!selector) return this;
 
   if (root) {
-    if (typeof root === 'string') root = parse(root);
+    if (typeof root === 'string') root = parse(root, this.options);
     this._root = Cheerio.call(this, root);
   }
 
@@ -63,7 +64,7 @@ var Cheerio = module.exports = function(selector, context, root) {
 
   // $(<html>)
   if (typeof selector === 'string' && isHtml(selector)) {
-    return Cheerio.call(this, parse(selector).children);
+    return Cheerio.call(this, parse(selector, this.options).children);
   }
 
   // If we don't have a context, maybe we have a root, from loading
@@ -72,7 +73,7 @@ var Cheerio = module.exports = function(selector, context, root) {
   } else if (typeof context === 'string') {
     if (isHtml(context)) {
       // $('li', '<ul>...</ul>')
-      context = parse(context);
+      context = parse(context, this.options);
       context = Cheerio.call(this, context);
     } else {
       // $('li', 'ul')
@@ -81,7 +82,7 @@ var Cheerio = module.exports = function(selector, context, root) {
     }
   // $('li', node), $('li', [nodes])
   } else if (!context.cheerio) {
-    context = new Cheerio(context);
+    context = Cheerio.call(this, context);
   }
 
   // If we still don't have a context, return
@@ -110,7 +111,7 @@ Cheerio.prototype.cheerio = '[cheerio object]';
 Cheerio.prototype.options = {
   normalizeWhitespace: false,
   xmlMode: false,
-  lowerCaseTags: false
+  decodeEntities: false
 };
 
 /*
@@ -139,7 +140,7 @@ var isHtml = function(str) {
  */
 
 Cheerio.prototype._make = function(dom) {
-  var cheerio = new Cheerio(dom);
+  var cheerio = new Cheerio(dom, undefined, undefined, this.options);
   cheerio.prevObject = this;
   return cheerio;
 };
diff --git a/lib/static.js b/lib/static.js
index a8ce11a159..aedf6e0a30 100644
--- a/lib/static.js
+++ b/lib/static.js
@@ -5,18 +5,23 @@
 var select = require('CSSselect'),
     parse = require('./parse'),
     render = require('./render'),
-    decode = require('./utils').decode;
+    decode = require('./utils').decode,
+    _ = require('lodash');
 
 /**
  * $.load(str)
  */
 
 var load = exports.load = function(content, options) {
-  var Cheerio = require('./cheerio'),
-      root = parse(content, options);
+  var Cheerio = require('./cheerio');
 
-  var initialize = function(selector, context, r) {
-    return new Cheerio(selector, context, r || root);
+  options = _.defaults(options || {}, Cheerio.prototype.options);
+
+  var root = parse(content, options);
+
+  var initialize = function(selector, context, r, opts) {
+    opts = _.defaults(opts || {}, options);
+    return new Cheerio(selector, context, r || root, opts);
   };
 
   // Add in the static methods
diff --git a/test/xml.js b/test/xml.js
index 0f9ce19926..2a1f2197e8 100644
--- a/test/xml.js
+++ b/test/xml.js
@@ -8,6 +8,11 @@ var xml = function(str, options) {
   return dom.xml();
 };
 
+var dom = function(str, options) {
+  var $ = cheerio.load('', options);
+  return $(str).html();
+};
+
 describe('render', function() {
 
   describe('(xml)', function() {
@@ -24,4 +29,26 @@ describe('render', function() {
 
   });
 
+  describe('(dom)', function () {
+
+    it('should keep camelCase for new nodes', function() {
+      var str = '<g><someElem someAttribute="something">hello</someElem></g>';
+      expect(dom(str, {xmlMode: false})).to.equal('<someelem someattribute="something">hello</someelem>');
+    });
+
+    it('should keep camelCase for new nodes', function() {
+      var str = '<g><someElem someAttribute="something">hello</someElem></g>';
+      expect(dom(str, {xmlMode: true})).to.equal('<someElem someAttribute="something">hello</someElem>');
+    });
+
+    it('should maintain the parsing options of distinct contexts independently', function() {
+      var str = '<g><someElem someAttribute="something">hello</someElem></g>';
+      var $x = cheerio.load('', { xmlMode: false });
+      var $h = cheerio.load('', { xmlMode: true });
+
+      expect($x(str).html()).to.equal('<someelem someattribute="something">hello</someelem>');
+    });
+
+  });
+
 });