diff --git a/basis/http/http-tests.factor b/basis/http/http-tests.factor
index c4ea23ea0a..f593980467 100644
--- a/basis/http/http-tests.factor
+++ b/basis/http/http-tests.factor
@@ -308,7 +308,7 @@ SYMBOL: a
     <dispatcher>
         <action>
             [ a get-global "a" set-value ] >>init
-            [ [ "a" <field> render ] "text/html" <content> ] >>display
+            [ [ "<html>" write "a" <field> render "</html>" write ] "text/html" <content> ] >>display
             [ { { "a" [ v-integer ] } } validate-params ] >>validate
             [ "a" value a set-global URL" " <redirect> ] >>submit
         <conversations>
