diff --git a/preferences.xml b/preferences.xml
index 89c57a771..521311d22 100644
--- a/preferences.xml
+++ b/preferences.xml
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ Started September 2000 by David Megginson, david@megginson.com
    <save-on-exit type="bool" userarchive="y">true</save-on-exit>
    <browser-app write="n">firefox -new-tab "%u"</browser-app><!--  help viewer; only used under Unix -->
    <terminal-ansi-colors type="bool">true</terminal-ansi-colors>
-   <season type="string">summer</season
+		<season type="string">summer</season>
   </startup>
   <rendering>
    <debug type="bool">false</debug>