diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index bf1f98c26d02a05cf106a7ba88c6a8435591eb8a..d77f9a9b0d620eb2c18233ed73de02cfac6c6492 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ hakyll_gen: $(MARKDOWN)
 
 $(MARKDOWN): %.markdown: 00_macros.md %.md 08_notes.md
 	$(file >$@,---)
-	$(file >>$@,\date: $(shell git log --follow -p -1 --format=%cd --date=format:'%Y-%m-%d' -- $(word 2,$^) | head -n 1))
+	$(file >>$@,date: $(shell git log --follow -p -1 --format=%cd --date=format:'%Y-%m-%d' -- $(word 2,$^) | head -n 1))
 	$(file >>$@,mathjax: on)
 	$(file >>$@,---)
 	cat $^ >> $@