diff --git a/templates/beez3/html/com_content/article/default_links.php b/templates/beez3/html/com_content/article/default_links.php
index 0bf6de8b2fee8..b0e4cb70e6165 100644
--- a/templates/beez3/html/com_content/article/default_links.php
+++ b/templates/beez3/html/com_content/article/default_links.php
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
 					{
 						case 1:
 							// open in a new window
-							echo '<a href="' . htmlspecialchars($link, ENT_COMPAT, 'UTF-8') . '" target="_blank"  rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer>' .
+							echo '<a href="' . htmlspecialchars($link, ENT_COMPAT, 'UTF-8') . '" target="_blank"  rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">' .
 								htmlspecialchars($label, ENT_COMPAT, 'UTF-8') .'</a>';
 							break;