diff --git a/stagit.c b/stagit.c
index 8766840..201bb37 100644
--- a/stagit.c
+++ b/stagit.c
@@ -540,12 +540,10 @@ writeblobhtml(FILE *fp, const git_blob *blob)
 			n++;
 			fprintf(fp, "<tr>");
 			fprintf(fp, nfmt, n, n, n);
-			//fprintf(fp, "<span class=\"text\">");
 			fprintf(fp, "<td class=\"blob-item\">");
 			nl_only = xmlencode_no_nl(fp, &s[prev], i - prev + 1);
 			if (nl_only)
 				putc('\n', fp);
-			//fprintf(fp, "</span>\n");
 			fprintf(fp, "</td>");
 			fprintf(fp, "</tr>");
 			putc('\n', fp);
@@ -555,7 +553,9 @@ writeblobhtml(FILE *fp, const git_blob *blob)
 		if ((len - prev) > 0) {
 			n++;
 			fprintf(fp, nfmt, n, n, n);
+			fprintf(fp, "<td class=\"blob-item\">");
 			xmlencode(fp, &s[prev], len - prev);
+			fprintf(fp, "</td>");
 		}
 	}