diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 8908f790d20a05c03f9862f827ab28087520e5e7..7622173abbcfc473ef2b0b7e60dc05cdc382498b 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ hakyll_gen: $(MARKDOWN)
 
 $(MARKDOWN): %.markdown: 00_macros.md %.md 10_footer.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 $^ >> $@