diff --git a/plugins/include_code.rb b/plugins/include_code.rb
index 220466b..41f3033 100644
--- a/plugins/include_code.rb
+++ b/plugins/include_code.rb
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ module Jekyll
         title = @title ? "#{@title} (#{file.basename})" : file.basename
         url = "/#{code_dir}/#{@file}"
         source = "<figure class='code'><figcaption><span>#{title}</span> <a href='#{url}'>download</a></figcaption>\n"
-        source += " #{highlight(code, @filetype)}</figure>"
+        source += "#{highlight(code, @filetype)}</figure>"
         safe_wrap(source)
       end
     end