diff --git a/modules/chat.mod.php b/modules/chat.mod.php
index f6bab22..9c49634 100644
--- a/modules/chat.mod.php
+++ b/modules/chat.mod.php
@@ -17,9 +17,8 @@ Chat
             user_id,
             text)
           VALUES
-            (
-              {$this -> user_id},
-              '{$this -> text}')";
+            ({$this -> user_id},
+             '{$this -> text}')";
     $GLOBALS['__db_connection'] -> query ($sql)
         or die ("db_insert error $sql");
   }