diff --git a/xsl/xhtml.xsl b/xsl/xhtml.xsl
index ae32ed112..0e21b7fec 100644
--- a/xsl/xhtml.xsl
+++ b/xsl/xhtml.xsl
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@
 
    <xsl:element name="small">
      <xsl:attribute name="class">news_date</xsl:attribute>
-     <xsl:value-of select="concat('@', $datestring)"/>
+     <xsl:value-of select="concat(' @ ', $datestring)"/>
    </xsl:element>
 
    <div class="news">