diff --git a/main/inc/lib/formvalidator/Element/style_button.php b/main/inc/lib/formvalidator/Element/style_button.php
index cdcc7e0c8e..70d69ea446 100644
--- a/main/inc/lib/formvalidator/Element/style_button.php
+++ b/main/inc/lib/formvalidator/Element/style_button.php
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ class HTML_QuickForm_stylebutton extends HTML_QuickForm_element
         if ($this->_flagFrozen) {
             return $this->getFrozenHtml();
         } else {
-            return $this->_getTabs() . '<button' . $this->_getAttrString($this->_attributes) . ' />'.$this->getValue() .'</button>';
+            return $this->_getTabs() . '<button' . $this->_getAttrString($this->_attributes) . ' >'.$this->getValue() .'</button>';
         }
     } //end func toHtml