diff --git a/.htmllintrc b/.htmllintrc
index 0e1957f889f24..ce56fbac513a4 100644
--- a/.htmllintrc
+++ b/.htmllintrc
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
   "attr-quote-style": false,
   "attr-req-value": false,
   "id-class-style": "dash",
+  "id-class-ignore-regex": "{{.*?}}",
   "img-req-alt": false,
   "indent-style": "spaces",
   "indent-width": 2,
diff --git a/layouts/partials/footer.hbs b/layouts/partials/footer.hbs
index b63bb0f751b54..73260e6228b33 100644
--- a/layouts/partials/footer.hbs
+++ b/layouts/partials/footer.hbs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <a href="#" id="scroll-to-top">&uarr; <span>{{site.scrollToTop}}</span></a>
 
-<footer{{#if className}} class="{{className}}"{{/if}}>
+<footer {{#if className}} class="{{className}}"{{/if}}>
 
   <div class="container">
     <div class="linuxfoundation-footer">
diff --git a/layouts/partials/header.hbs b/layouts/partials/header.hbs
index cc2bdcee551f6..712138e567c5b 100644
--- a/layouts/partials/header.hbs
+++ b/layouts/partials/header.hbs
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
     <nav>
       <ul class="list-divider-pipe">
-        <li{{#equals path ''}} class="active"{{/equals}}>
+        <li {{#equals path ''}} class="active" {{/equals}}>
           <a href="/{{site.locale}}/">{{site.home.text}}</a>
         </li>
 
diff --git a/layouts/partials/navigation.hbs b/layouts/partials/navigation.hbs
index 91271f58cb1f1..e0da4ee08a3c3 100644
--- a/layouts/partials/navigation.hbs
+++ b/layouts/partials/navigation.hbs
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
     {{#each nav}}
       {{#equals @key ../key}}
         {{#each this}}
-          <li{{#equals ../../path link}} class="active"{{/equals}}>
+          <li {{#equals ../../path link}} class="active" {{/equals}}>
             {{#startswith link '/'}}
               <a href="{{link}}">{{text}}{{#if subtext}} <span class="small color-lightgray">{{subtext}}</span>{{/if}}</a>
             {{else}}
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index f1da085dfde75..6d806381bc536 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
     "load-schedule": "curl -sS https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nodejs/Release/master/schedule.json -o source/schedule.json",
     "start": "npm run serve",
     "test": "npm run test:lint && npm run test:unit && npm run test:smoke",
-    "test:lint": "standard --fix && htmllint **/*.hbs && stylint layouts/css && markdownlint \"**/*.md\" -i \"node_modules/\"",
+    "test:lint": "standard --fix && htmllint \"**/*.hbs\" && stylint layouts/css && markdownlint \"**/*.md\" -i \"node_modules/\"",
     "test:unit": "tape tests/**/*.test.js | faucet",
     "test:smoke": "tape tests/*.smoketest.js | faucet"
   },