diff --git a/stagit-index.c b/stagit-index.c
index 1552f40..50fe19f 100644
--- a/stagit-index.c
+++ b/stagit-index.c
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ writeheader(FILE *fp)
fputs("\n"
"\n\n"
"\n"
- "\n", fp);
+ "<title>", fp);
xmlencode(fp, description, strlen(description));
fprintf(fp, "\n\n", relpath);
fprintf(fp, "\n", relpath);