diff --git a/dashboard-widgets.el b/dashboard-widgets.el
index 2bf9b38a..2ee365cf 100644
--- a/dashboard-widgets.el
+++ b/dashboard-widgets.el
@@ -497,7 +497,8 @@ WIDGET-PARAMS are passed to the \"widget-create\" function."
     (dashboard-center-line dashboard-footer)
     (insert dashboard-footer-icon)
     (insert " ")
-    (insert (propertize dashboard-footer 'face 'dashboard-footer))))
+    (insert (propertize dashboard-footer 'face 'dashboard-footer))
+    (insert "\n")))
 
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