diff --git a/VulkanHppGenerator.cpp b/VulkanHppGenerator.cpp
index da35874..e8329a0 100644
--- a/VulkanHppGenerator.cpp
+++ b/VulkanHppGenerator.cpp
@@ -28,9 +28,9 @@ const std::string vkNamespace = R"(
 #define VULKAN_HPP_NAMESPACE vk
 #endif
 
-#define VULKAN_HPP_STRINGIFY2(text) #text
-#define VULKAN_HPP_STRINGIFY(text) VULKAN_HPP_STRINGIFY2(text)
-#define VULKAN_HPP_NAMESPACE_STRING VULKAN_HPP_STRINGIFY(VULKAN_HPP_NAMESPACE)
+#define VULKAN_HPP_STRINGIFY2(text) #text
+#define VULKAN_HPP_STRINGIFY(text) VULKAN_HPP_STRINGIFY2(text)
+#define VULKAN_HPP_NAMESPACE_STRING VULKAN_HPP_STRINGIFY(VULKAN_HPP_NAMESPACE)
 
 namespace VULKAN_HPP_NAMESPACE
 {
@@ -4888,7 +4888,7 @@ int main( int argc, char **argv )
     assert(!registryElement->NextSiblingElement());
 
     std::vector<tinyxml2::XMLElement const*> children = getChildElements(registryElement);
-    checkElements(children, { "commands", "comment", "enums", "extensions", "feature", "tags", "types", "vendorids" });
+    checkElements(children, { "commands", "comment", "enums", "extensions", "feature", "tags", "types", "vendorids", "platforms" });
     for (auto child : children)
     {
       const std::string value = child->Value();
@@ -4921,13 +4921,22 @@ int main( int argc, char **argv )
       {
         generator.readTypes(child);
       }
-      else
+      else if (value == "vendorids")
       {
-        assert(value == "vendorids");
 #if !defined(NDEBUG)
         generator.skipVendorIDs(child);
 #endif
       }
+      else if (value == "platforms")
+      {
+        // skip this tag
+      }
+      else
+      {
+        std::stringstream lineNumber;
+        lineNumber << child->GetLineNum();
+        throw std::runtime_error(std::string("unknown tag ") + value + " at line number:" + lineNumber.str());
+      }
     }
 
     generator.sortDependencies();