diff --git a/src/config_edit/write.rs b/src/config_edit/write.rs
index 07bef24..32f74b6 100644
--- a/src/config_edit/write.rs
+++ b/src/config_edit/write.rs
@@ -13,7 +13,11 @@ impl ConfigEditor {
         let config = xmltree::EmitterConfig::new()
             .perform_indent(true)
             .indent_string("\t")
-            .write_document_declaration(false);
+            .write_document_declaration(false)
+            // Loxone writes self-closing tags without a leading space (`<C/>`, not `<C />`).
+            // xml-rs pads by default, which makes every self-closing element differ on
+            // round-trip and drowns real changes in formatting noise.
+            .pad_self_closing(false);
         self.root
             .write_with_config(&mut buf, config)
             .context("Failed to write XML")?;
@@ -29,6 +33,17 @@ impl ConfigEditor {
             buf = s.into_bytes();
         }
 
+        // Post-process XML syntax emitted by xml-rs to match Loxone's formatting.
+        {
+            let s = String::from_utf8(buf).context("XML is not valid UTF-8")?;
+            let mut s = Self::normalize_loxone_xml(&s);
+            // Loxone terminates the file with a trailing newline; xml-rs does not.
+            if !s.ends_with('\n') {
+                s.push('\n');
+            }
+            buf = s.into_bytes();
+        }
+
         // Post-process: restore BOM
         if self.had_bom {
             let mut result = Vec::with_capacity(3 + buf.len());
@@ -45,4 +60,158 @@ impl ConfigEditor {
 
         Ok(buf)
     }
+
+    /// Match Loxone's empty-element and attribute-newline formatting.
+    ///
+    /// Only start tags are rewritten so XML-like text in comments, CDATA, and processing
+    /// instructions remains unchanged.
+    fn normalize_loxone_xml(s: &str) -> String {
+        let bytes = s.as_bytes();
+        let mut out = String::with_capacity(bytes.len());
+        let mut last = 0;
+        let mut i = 0;
+
+        while i < bytes.len() {
+            if bytes[i] != b'<' {
+                i += 1;
+                continue;
+            }
+
+            let tail = &s[i..];
+            let skipped_end = if tail.starts_with("<!--") {
+                tail.find("-->").map(|end| i + end + 3)
+            } else if tail.starts_with("<![CDATA[") {
+                tail.find("]]>").map(|end| i + end + 3)
+            } else if tail.starts_with("<?") {
+                tail.find("?>").map(|end| i + end + 2)
+            } else if tail.starts_with("</") || tail.starts_with("<!") {
+                Self::xml_tag_end(bytes, i)
+            } else {
+                None
+            };
+            if let Some(end) = skipped_end {
+                i = end;
+                continue;
+            }
+
+            let Some(end) = Self::xml_tag_end(bytes, i) else {
+                break;
+            };
+            out.push_str(&s[last..i]);
+            out.push_str(&Self::normalize_start_tag(&s[i..end]));
+            i = end;
+            last = i;
+        }
+
+        out.push_str(&s[last..]);
+        out
+    }
+
+    fn xml_tag_end(bytes: &[u8], start: usize) -> Option<usize> {
+        let mut quote = None;
+        for (i, &byte) in bytes.iter().enumerate().skip(start + 1) {
+            if let Some(delimiter) = quote {
+                if byte == delimiter {
+                    quote = None;
+                }
+            } else if matches!(byte, b'"' | b'\'') {
+                quote = Some(byte);
+            } else if byte == b'>' {
+                return Some(i + 1);
+            }
+        }
+        None
+    }
+
+    fn normalize_start_tag(tag: &str) -> String {
+        let bytes = tag.as_bytes();
+        let mut name_end = 1;
+        while name_end < bytes.len()
+            && (bytes[name_end].is_ascii_alphanumeric()
+                || matches!(bytes[name_end], b'_' | b':' | b'-' | b'.'))
+        {
+            name_end += 1;
+        }
+
+        // Loxone expands attribute-less empty elements but keeps attributed empties closed.
+        if name_end + 2 == bytes.len() && bytes[name_end] == b'/' && bytes[name_end + 1] == b'>' {
+            let name = &tag[1..name_end];
+            return format!("<{name}></{name}>");
+        }
+
+        // xml-rs escapes newlines in attributes; Loxone writes them literally.
+        let mut out = String::with_capacity(tag.len());
+        let mut quote = None;
+        let mut last = 0;
+        let mut i = name_end;
+        while i < bytes.len() {
+            if let Some(delimiter) = quote {
+                if bytes[i..].starts_with(b"&#xA;") {
+                    out.push_str(&tag[last..i]);
+                    out.push('\n');
+                    i += 5;
+                    last = i;
+                    continue;
+                }
+                if bytes[i] == delimiter {
+                    quote = None;
+                }
+            } else if matches!(bytes[i], b'"' | b'\'') {
+                quote = Some(bytes[i]);
+            }
+            i += 1;
+        }
+        out.push_str(&tag[last..]);
+        out
+    }
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::ConfigEditor;
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_write_matches_loxone_formatting() {
+        // Loxone's on-disk conventions the emitter must reproduce for byte-clean round-trips:
+        // no space before '/>', attribute-less empties expanded, attributed empties
+        // self-closed, literal newlines in attribute values, trailing newline.
+        let xml = "<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\"?>\n\
+<ControlList Version=\"1\">\n\
+\t<C U=\"a\" NTXT=\"line1\nline2\">\n\
+\t\t<IoData></IoData>\n\
+\t\t<Co K=\"Q\" U=\"b\"></Co>\n\
+\t</C>\n\
+</ControlList>\n";
+        let editor = ConfigEditor::load(xml.as_bytes()).unwrap();
+        let out = String::from_utf8(editor.to_bytes().unwrap()).unwrap();
+        assert!(!out.contains(" />"), "no padded self-close");
+        assert!(
+            out.contains("<IoData></IoData>"),
+            "attr-less empty stays expanded"
+        );
+        assert!(
+            out.contains(r#"<Co K="Q" U="b"/>"#),
+            "attributed empty self-closes"
+        );
+        assert!(
+            out.contains("line1\nline2"),
+            "literal newline in attr value"
+        );
+        assert!(!out.contains("&#xA;"), "no escaped newline");
+        assert!(out.ends_with('\n'), "trailing newline");
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_write_preserves_comment_and_cdata_payloads() {
+        let xml = "<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\"?>\n\
+<ControlList Version=\"1\">\n\
+\t<!-- preserve <IoData/> and &#xA; literally -->\n\
+\t<![CDATA[preserve <IoData/> and &#xA; literally]]>\n\
+</ControlList>\n";
+        let editor = ConfigEditor::load(xml.as_bytes()).unwrap();
+        let out = String::from_utf8(editor.to_bytes().unwrap()).unwrap();
+
+        assert!(out.contains("<!-- preserve <IoData/> and &#xA; literally -->"));
+        assert!(out.contains("<![CDATA[preserve <IoData/> and &#xA; literally]]>"));
+    }
 }