diff --git a/coffee/chosen.jquery.coffee b/coffee/chosen.jquery.coffee
index 7caffe1304d..df31af79b75 100644
--- a/coffee/chosen.jquery.coffee
+++ b/coffee/chosen.jquery.coffee
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ class Chosen extends AbstractChosen
if @is_multiple
@container.html '
'
else
- @container.html '' + @default_text + '
'
+ @container.html '' + @default_text + '
'
@form_field_jq.hide().after @container
@dropdown = @container.find('div.chzn-drop').first()
diff --git a/coffee/chosen.proto.coffee b/coffee/chosen.proto.coffee
index 78b914827c5..091cc7629b7 100644
--- a/coffee/chosen.proto.coffee
+++ b/coffee/chosen.proto.coffee
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ class Chosen extends AbstractChosen
super()
# HTML Templates
- @single_temp = new Template('#{default}
')
+ @single_temp = new Template('#{default}
')
@multi_temp = new Template('')
@no_results_temp = new Template('' + @results_none_found + ' "#{terms}"')