diff --git a/stagit.c b/stagit.c
index c2ff966..3b8913f 100644
--- a/stagit.c
+++ b/stagit.c
@@ -331,7 +331,7 @@ writeheader(FILE *fp, const char *title)
fputs("\n"
"\n\n"
"\n"
- "\n", fp);
+ "<title>", fp);
xmlencode(fp, title, strlen(title));
if (title[0] && strippedname[0])
fputs(" - ", fp);