diff --git a/addons/web/views/report_templates.xml b/addons/web/views/report_templates.xml
index bc84d62a065..0d86ea64167 100644
--- a/addons/web/views/report_templates.xml
+++ b/addons/web/views/report_templates.xml
@@ -99,8 +99,8 @@
     </template>
 
     <template id="minimal_layout">
-        <t t-raw="'&lt;base href=%s&gt;' % base_url"/>
         &lt;!DOCTYPE html&gt;
+        <t t-raw="'&lt;base href=%s&gt;' % base_url"/>
         <html style="height: 0;">
             <head>
                 <t t-call-assets="web.report_assets_pdf" t-js="false"/>