diff --git a/ixwebsocket/IXWebSocketHandshake.cpp b/ixwebsocket/IXWebSocketHandshake.cpp
index 403aac6f..7986e749 100644
--- a/ixwebsocket/IXWebSocketHandshake.cpp
+++ b/ixwebsocket/IXWebSocketHandshake.cpp
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ namespace ix
         std::stringstream ss;
         ss << "HTTP/1.1 ";
         ss << code;
-        ss << "\r\n";
+        ss << " ";
         ss << reason;
         ss << "\r\n";