diff --git a/layouts/shortcodes/mermaid.html b/layouts/shortcodes/mermaid.html
index 3227064b7c..a6a61a5de5 100644
--- a/layouts/shortcodes/mermaid.html
+++ b/layouts/shortcodes/mermaid.html
@@ -1 +1 @@
-<div class="mermaid" align="{{ if .Get " align " }}{{ .Get "align " }}{{ else }}center{{ end }}">{{ safeHTML .Inner }}</div>
\ No newline at end of file
+<div class="mermaid" align="{{ if .Get "align" }}{{ .Get "align" }}{{ else }}center{{ end }}">{{ safeHTML .Inner }}</div>