diff --git a/templates/errors/403_http.erb b/templates/errors/403_http.erb
index d2888a2..d3a36ad 100644
--- a/templates/errors/403_http.erb
+++ b/templates/errors/403_http.erb
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ Content-Type: text/html
 <head>
   <title>403 Forbidden</title>
 </head>
-<html><body><h1>403 Forbidden</h1>
+<body><h1>403 Forbidden</h1>
 Request forbidden by administrative rules.
 </body></html>
 
diff --git a/templates/errors/408_http.erb b/templates/errors/408_http.erb
index edb9a1f..c1fabb7 100644
--- a/templates/errors/408_http.erb
+++ b/templates/errors/408_http.erb
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ Content-Type: text/html
 <head>
   <title>408 Request Time-out</title>
 </head>
-<html><body><h1>408 Request Time-out</h1>
+<body><h1>408 Request Time-out</h1>
 Your browser didn't send a complete request in time.
 </body></html>
 
diff --git a/templates/errors/500_http.erb b/templates/errors/500_http.erb
index 66ac4df..af611fa 100644
--- a/templates/errors/500_http.erb
+++ b/templates/errors/500_http.erb
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ Content-Type: text/html
 <head>
   <title>500 Server Error</title>
 </head>
-<html><body><h1>500 Server Error</h1>
+<body><h1>500 Server Error</h1>
 An internal server error occured.
 </body></html>
 
diff --git a/templates/errors/502_http.erb b/templates/errors/502_http.erb
index d15ac40..c982c6e 100644
--- a/templates/errors/502_http.erb
+++ b/templates/errors/502_http.erb
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ Content-Type: text/html
 <head>
   <title>502 Bad Gateway</title>
 </head>
-<html><body><h1>502 Bad Gateway</h1>
+<body><h1>502 Bad Gateway</h1>
 The server returned an invalid or incomplete response.
 </body></html>
 
diff --git a/templates/errors/503_http.erb b/templates/errors/503_http.erb
index 69ab692..2b13247 100644
--- a/templates/errors/503_http.erb
+++ b/templates/errors/503_http.erb
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ Content-Type: text/html
 <head>
   <title>503 Service Unavailable</title>
 </head>
-<html><body><h1>503 Service Unavailable</h1>
+<body><h1>503 Service Unavailable</h1>
 No server is available to handle this request.
 </body></html>
 
diff --git a/templates/errors/504_http.erb b/templates/errors/504_http.erb
index 57f0f99..d50af17 100644
--- a/templates/errors/504_http.erb
+++ b/templates/errors/504_http.erb
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ Content-Type: text/html
 <head>
   <title>504 Gateway Time-out</title>
 </head>
-<html><body><h1>504 Gateway Time-out</h1>
+<body><h1>504 Gateway Time-out</h1>
 The server didn't respond in time.
 </body></html>
 
