diff --git a/layouts/_default/_markup/render-link.html b/layouts/_default/_markup/render-link.html
index 64a9f7c..cdacfc1 100644
--- a/layouts/_default/_markup/render-link.html
+++ b/layouts/_default/_markup/render-link.html
@@ -11,6 +11,6 @@
 <a
   {{if not $nonexistent}}href="{{$rooted}}"{{end}}
   rel="noopener" class="internal-link{{if $nonexistent}} broken{{end}}"
-  data-src="{{$rooted}}">{{ .Text | safeHTML }}
+  data-src="{{$rooted}}">{{- .Text | safeHTML -}}
 </a>
 {{- end -}}