diff --git a/header.php b/header.php
index aef91adf..2ad4a5c3 100644
--- a/header.php
+++ b/header.php
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 	<?php do_action( 'before' ); ?>
 	<header id="masthead" class="site-header" role="banner">
 		<hgroup>
-			<h1 class="site-title"><a href="<?php echo home_url( '/' ); ?>" title="<?php echo esc_attr( get_bloginfo( 'name', 'display' ) ); ?>" rel="home"><?php bloginfo( 'name' ); ?></a></h1>
+			<h1 class="site-title"><a href="<?php echo esc_url( home_url( '/' ) ); ?>" title="<?php echo esc_attr( get_bloginfo( 'name', 'display' ) ); ?>" rel="home"><?php bloginfo( 'name' ); ?></a></h1>
 			<h2 class="site-description"><?php bloginfo( 'description' ); ?></h2>
 		</hgroup>