diff --git a/stagit-index.c b/stagit-index.c
index 00f7329..8f8ffc2 100644
--- a/stagit-index.c
+++ b/stagit-index.c
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ printtimeshort(FILE *fp, const git_time *intime)
int
writeheader(FILE *fp)
{
- fputs(""
+ fputs("\n"
"\n\n"
"\n"
"\n", fp);
diff --git a/stagit.c b/stagit.c
index 053ca4a..173ac4c 100644
--- a/stagit.c
+++ b/stagit.c
@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@ printtimeshort(FILE *fp, const git_time *intime)
int
writeheader(FILE *fp)
{
- fputs("<!DOCTYPE HTML>"
+ fputs("<!DOCTYPE html>\n"
"<html dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\n<head>\n"
"<meta http-equiv=\"Content-Type\" content=\"text/html; charset=UTF-8\" />\n"
"<meta http-equiv=\"Content-Language\" content=\"en\" />\n<title>", fp);