diff --git a/stagit-index.c b/stagit-index.c
index 5cf9053..11a6017 100644
--- a/stagit-index.c
+++ b/stagit-index.c
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ writeheader(FILE *fp)
fputs("\n"
"\n\n"
"\n"
+ "\n"
"", fp);
xmlencode(fp, description, strlen(description));
fprintf(fp, "\n\n", relpath);