diff --git a/bin/werc.rc b/bin/werc.rc
index f3ad685..beadece 100755
--- a/bin/werc.rc
+++ b/bin/werc.rc
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ fn txt_handler {
 fn dir_listing_handler {
     d = `{basename -d $1}
     dt = `{echo $d|sed -e 's,.*//,,g' -e 's,/$,,' -e 's,/, / ,g'} 
-    echo '<h1 class="dir-list-head">'^$dt^'</h1> <ul class="dir-list">'
+    echo '<h1 class="dir-list-head">'^$"dt^'</h1> <ul class="dir-list">'
     # XXX I'm not sure what the [^$] does there
     ls -F $d | sed -e $dirfilter' s,^'$sitedir'/.*/([^$].*),<li><a href="\1">\1</a></li>,'
     echo '</ul>'