diff --git a/app/views/layouts/application.html.haml b/app/views/layouts/application.html.haml
index 6d6e22632..17a72f3cc 100644
--- a/app/views/layouts/application.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/layouts/application.html.haml
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@
       #notifications
 
       - flash.each do |name, msg|
-        = content_tag :div, msg, :id => "flash_#{name}"
+        %div{:id => "flash_#{name}"}= msg
 
     %header{:class=>('landing' unless current_user)}
       = render 'layouts/header'