diff --git a/node/exporters/exporthtml.js b/node/exporters/exporthtml.js
index a85ae0bbb..da6837e84 100644
--- a/node/exporters/exporthtml.js
+++ b/node/exporters/exporthtml.js
@@ -317,7 +317,7 @@ exports.getPadHTMLDocument = function(padId, revNum, noDocType, callback) {
return;
}
- var head = (noDocType?'':'')+
+ var head = (noDocType?'':'\n')+
'\n'+
(noDocType?'':
'\n'+