diff --git a/index.php b/index.php
index 4bbd902..02a6725 100644
--- a/index.php
+++ b/index.php
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ header("Cache-Control: post-check=0, pre-check=0", false);
 header("Pragma: no-cache");
 
 // Directories creations (Note that your web host may require different rights than 705.)
-if (!is_writable(realpath(dirname(__FILE__)))) die('<pre>ERROR: Shaarli does not have the right to write in its own directory.').</pre>');
+if (!is_writable(realpath(dirname(__FILE__)))) die('<pre>ERROR: Shaarli does not have the right to write in its own directory.</pre>');
 
 // Handling of old config file which do not have the new parameters.
 if (empty($GLOBALS['title'])) $GLOBALS['title']='Shared links on '.htmlspecialchars(indexUrl());