diff --git a/app/views/projects/empty.html.haml b/app/views/projects/empty.html.haml
index 97dc73bce14..c0baa3f90e4 100644
--- a/app/views/projects/empty.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/projects/empty.html.haml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
         git init
         touch README
         git add README
-        git commit -m 'first commit'
+        git commit -m "first commit"
         git remote add origin #{ content_tag(:span, default_url_to_repo, class: 'clone')}
         git push -u origin master