diff --git a/kallithea/templates/base/base.html b/kallithea/templates/base/base.html
--- a/kallithea/templates/base/base.html
+++ b/kallithea/templates/base/base.html
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
                 <img src="${h.url('/images/kallithea-logo.svg')}" onerror="this.src='${h.url('/images/kallithea-logo.png')}'" alt="Kallithea"/>
             </div>
             %if c.site_name:
-             <div class="branding">- ${c.site_name}</div>
+             <div class="branding">${c.site_name}</div>
             %endif
           </a>
         </div>
diff --git a/kallithea/templates/login.html b/kallithea/templates/login.html
--- a/kallithea/templates/login.html
+++ b/kallithea/templates/login.html
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
                 <img src="${h.url('/images/kallithea-logo.svg')}" onerror="this.src='${h.url('/images/kallithea-logo.png')}'" alt="Kallithea"/>
             </div>
             %if c.site_name:
-             <div class="branding">- ${c.site_name}</div>
+             <div class="branding">${c.site_name}</div>
             %endif
           </a>
         </div>
diff --git a/kallithea/templates/password_reset.html b/kallithea/templates/password_reset.html
--- a/kallithea/templates/password_reset.html
+++ b/kallithea/templates/password_reset.html
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
                 <img src="${h.url('/images/kallithea-logo.svg')}" onerror="this.src='${h.url('/images/kallithea-logo.png')}'" alt="Kallithea"/>
             </div>
             %if c.site_name:
-             <div class="branding">- ${c.site_name}</div>
+             <div class="branding">${c.site_name}</div>
             %endif
           </a>
         </div>
diff --git a/kallithea/templates/register.html b/kallithea/templates/register.html
--- a/kallithea/templates/register.html
+++ b/kallithea/templates/register.html
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
                 <img src="${h.url('/images/kallithea-logo.svg')}" onerror="this.src='${h.url('/images/kallithea-logo.png')}'" alt="Kallithea"/>
             </div>
             %if c.site_name:
-             <div class="branding">- ${c.site_name}</div>
+             <div class="branding">${c.site_name}</div>
             %endif
           </a>
         </div>
diff --git a/kallithea/tests/functional/test_admin_settings.py b/kallithea/tests/functional/test_admin_settings.py
--- a/kallithea/tests/functional/test_admin_settings.py
+++ b/kallithea/tests/functional/test_admin_settings.py
@@ -176,4 +176,4 @@ class TestAdminSettingsController(TestCo
                              new_title.decode('utf-8'))
 
             response = response.follow()
-            response.mustcontain("""<div class="branding">- %s</div>""" % new_title)
+            response.mustcontain("""<div class="branding">%s</div>""" % new_title)