diff --git a/pinaxcon/templates/_default_sidebar.html b/pinaxcon/templates/_default_sidebar.html
index c89b77a0fac3e33a18f9f09ed6633b6df2864cb7..d1d0897eea45b0b02f2f81436896462cabfa2b24 100644
--- a/pinaxcon/templates/_default_sidebar.html
+++ b/pinaxcon/templates/_default_sidebar.html
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
               <div>
                   {% if sponsor.website_logo %}
                       <a href="{{ sponsor.external_url }}" title="{{ sponsor.name }}">
-                          <img src="{% thumbnail sponsor.website_logo '600x360' %}" alt="{{ sponsor.name }}" />
+                          <img src="{% thumbnail sponsor.website_logo '600x360' %}" alt="{{ sponsor.name }}">
                       </a>
                   {% else %}
                       <a href="{{ sponsor.external_url }}" title="{{ sponsor.name }}">{{ sponsor.name }}</a>
diff --git a/pinaxcon/templates/_styles.html b/pinaxcon/templates/_styles.html
index 3192eba06a8556a729e50f6ae0242323f67165b0..881f1c4a2a19842b369a0f586974271e4beb4eb2 100644
--- a/pinaxcon/templates/_styles.html
+++ b/pinaxcon/templates/_styles.html
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 {% load staticfiles %}
 
 <link href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Montserrat:300,500,700" rel="stylesheet">
-<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/font-awesome/4.7.0/css/font-awesome.min.css" />
+<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/font-awesome/4.7.0/css/font-awesome.min.css">
 {% compress css %}
-    <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/x-scss" href="{% static "scss/site.scss" %}" />
+    <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/x-scss" href="{% static "scss/site.scss" %}">
 {% endcompress %}
diff --git a/pinaxcon/templates/static_pages/homepage.html b/pinaxcon/templates/static_pages/homepage.html
index 1a4f07a6a47ff6ad040e95a0c0bc32647ab90203..b69dca5d1ecc71ce05fab8e06331182a4411fc38 100644
--- a/pinaxcon/templates/static_pages/homepage.html
+++ b/pinaxcon/templates/static_pages/homepage.html
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
       </h3>
 
       <h4>
-        <strong>2017 conference:</strong> December 2 &amp; 3 <br/>
+        <strong>2017 conference:</strong> December 2 &amp; 3 <br>
         Talk submissions close September 29
       </h4>
     </div>