diff --git a/common/tpl/common_layout.html b/common/tpl/common_layout.html
index ff946e0e1..37ce64e7d 100644
--- a/common/tpl/common_layout.html
+++ b/common/tpl/common_layout.html
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
       <img src="./images/original_image_box_close.gif" alt="close original image" border="0" onclick="closeOriginalImage()" id="closeOriginalImageBtn"/>
   </div>
 </div>
-<span id="membermenuarea"></div>
+<div id="membermenuarea"></div>
 
 </body>
 </html>