diff --git a/libs/ardour/triggerbox.cc b/libs/ardour/triggerbox.cc
index d6fb711acd..0f4fb1db5d 100644
--- a/libs/ardour/triggerbox.cc
+++ b/libs/ardour/triggerbox.cc
@@ -3978,7 +3978,7 @@ TriggerBox::dump_custom_midi_bindings (std::string const & path)
 		return -1;
 	}
 
-	f << "<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\"?>\n <ArdourMIDIBindings version=\"1.0.0\" name=\"The name of this set of bindings\">\n";
+	f << "<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\"?>\n<ArdourMIDIBindings version=\"1.0.0\" name=\"The name of this set of bindings\">\n";
 
 	for (CustomMidiMap::iterator i = _custom_midi_map.begin(); i != _custom_midi_map.end(); ++i) {
 		string str = string_compose (X_("\t<Binding msg note=\"%1\" channel=\"%2\" action=\"Cues/trigger-slot-%1-%2\"/>\n"),
@@ -3986,6 +3986,7 @@ TriggerBox::dump_custom_midi_bindings (std::string const & path)
 		                             i->first / 16, /* channel */
 		                             i->second.first,
 		                             i->second.second);
+		f << str;
 	}
 
 	f << "</ArdourMIDIBindings>\n";