diff --git a/views/blog.py b/views/blog.py
index 109992f..903d41f 100644
--- a/views/blog.py
+++ b/views/blog.py
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ MARKDOWN_EXT=["extra", "toc", "codehilite",
 def new_article():
     user = '%s'% escape(session['username'])
     if request.method == 'POST':
-        title = str(request.form['title']).rstrip()
+        title = str(request.form['title'].rstrip())
         subtitle = str(request.form['subtitle'])
         category = str(request.form['category']) 
         content = str(request.form['content'])