diff --git a/dspace-jspui/dspace-jspui-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/app/webui/jsptag/ItemListTag.java b/dspace-jspui/dspace-jspui-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/app/webui/jsptag/ItemListTag.java
index 89f61d6faa..e1fd1711d4 100644
--- a/dspace-jspui/dspace-jspui-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/app/webui/jsptag/ItemListTag.java
+++ b/dspace-jspui/dspace-jspui-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/app/webui/jsptag/ItemListTag.java
@@ -397,6 +397,7 @@ public class ItemListTag extends TagSupport
             for (int i = 0; i < items.length; i++)
             {
                 // now prepare the XHTML frag for this division
+            	out.print("<tr>"); 
                 String rOddOrEven;
                 if (i == highlightRow)
                 {
@@ -558,7 +559,7 @@ public class ItemListTag extends TagSupport
 
                     out.print("<td headers=\"" + id + "\" class=\""
                         + rOddOrEven + "Row" + cOddOrEven[cOddOrEven.length - 2] + "Col\" nowrap>"
-                        + "<form method=get action=\"" + hrq.getContextPath() + "/tools/edit-item\">"
+                        + "<form method=\"get\" action=\"" + hrq.getContextPath() + "/tools/edit-item\">"
                         + "<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"handle\" value=\"" + items[i].getHandle() + "\" />"
                         + "<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Edit Item\" /></form>"
                         + "</td>");