diff --git a/stagit.c b/stagit.c
index 13f5705..12a76a4 100644
--- a/stagit.c
+++ b/stagit.c
@@ -449,6 +449,7 @@ writeheader(FILE *fp, const char *title)
fputs("\n"
"\n\n"
"\n"
+ "\n"
"", fp);
xmlencode(fp, title, strlen(title));
if (title[0] && strippedname[0])