diff --git a/themes/mytheme/layouts/_default/single.html b/themes/mytheme/layouts/_default/single.html
index 77ad761..3f8359a 100644
--- a/themes/mytheme/layouts/_default/single.html
+++ b/themes/mytheme/layouts/_default/single.html
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 
     <div class="post-meta">
       {{- if not .Date.IsZero -}}
-      {{- printf "<span title='%s'>%s</span>" (.Date) (.Date | time.Format (default "January 2, 2006" site.Params.DateFormat))) }}
+      {{- ((printf "<span title='%s'>%s</span>" (.Date) (.Date | time.Format (default "January 2, 2006" site.Params.DateFormat)))) }}
       {{- end }}
     </div>
   </header>