diff --git a/exec/load/newsutil.js b/exec/load/newsutil.js
index 2e6692ed7bb4e9642c53887bc49752c30ab428c6..7ac3e972a23e851bdb9069d92b0a798bf994cda4 100644
--- a/exec/load/newsutil.js
+++ b/exec/load/newsutil.js
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ function write_news_header(hdr,writeln)
 function parse_news_header(hdr, line)
 {
 	/* Parse header lines */
-	if(line.charAt(0)==' ' || line.charAt(0)=='\t' && hdr.field_list) {
+	if((line.charAt(0)==' ' || line.charAt(0)=='\t') && hdr.field_list) {
 		/* "folded" header field */
 		hdr.field_list.push(
 			{	type: RFC822HEADER,