diff --git a/app/code/Mage/Customer/view/email/account_new.html b/app/code/Mage/Customer/view/email/account_new.html
index 97bb731ec103b..8c779f9f8cd58 100644
--- a/app/code/Mage/Customer/view/email/account_new.html
+++ b/app/code/Mage/Customer/view/email/account_new.html
@@ -21,13 +21,13 @@
                 <table bgcolor="FFFFFF" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="10" border="0" width="650" style="border:1px solid #E0E0E0;">
                     <tr>
                         <td valign="top">
-                            <a href="{{store url=""}}"><img src="{{var logo_url}}" alt="{{var logo_alt}}" style="margin-bottom:10px;" border="0"/></a></td>
+                            <a href="{{store url=''}}"><img src="{{var logo_url}}" alt="{{var logo_alt}}" style="margin-bottom:10px;" border="0"/></a></td>
                     </tr>
                 <!-- [ middle starts here] -->
                     <tr>
                         <td valign="top">
-                            <h1 style="font-size:22px; font-weight:normal; line-height:22px; margin:0 0 11px 0;"">Dear {{escapehtml var=$customer.name}},</h1>
-                            <p style="font-size:12px; line-height:16px; margin:0 0 16px 0;">Welcome to {{var store.getFrontendName()}}. To log in when visiting our site just click <a href="{{store url="customer/account/"}}" style="color:#1E7EC8;">Login</a> or <a href="{{store url="customer/account/"}}" style="color:#1E7EC8;">My Account</a> at the top of every page, and then enter your e-mail address and password.</p>
+                            <h1 style="font-size:22px; font-weight:normal; line-height:22px; margin:0 0 11px 0;">Dear {{escapehtml var=$customer.name}},</h1>
+                            <p style="font-size:12px; line-height:16px; margin:0 0 16px 0;">Welcome to {{var store.getFrontendName()}}. To log in when visiting our site just click <a href="{{store url='customer/account/'}}" style="color:#1E7EC8;">Login</a> or <a href="{{store url='customer/account/'}}" style="color:#1E7EC8;">My Account</a> at the top of every page, and then enter your e-mail address and password.</p>
                             <p style="border:1px solid #E0E0E0; font-size:12px; line-height:16px; margin:0; padding:13px 18px; background:#f9f9f9;">
                                 Use the following values when prompted to log in:<br/>
                                 <strong>E-mail</strong>: {{var customer.email}}<br/>