diff --git a/plugins/org.eclipse.fordiac.ide.model/src/org/eclipse/fordiac/ide/model/dataexport/CommonElementExporter.java b/plugins/org.eclipse.fordiac.ide.model/src/org/eclipse/fordiac/ide/model/dataexport/CommonElementExporter.java
index 2fc0076363..c960ad5695 100644
--- a/plugins/org.eclipse.fordiac.ide.model/src/org/eclipse/fordiac/ide/model/dataexport/CommonElementExporter.java
+++ b/plugins/org.eclipse.fordiac.ide.model/src/org/eclipse/fordiac/ide/model/dataexport/CommonElementExporter.java
@@ -413,7 +413,7 @@ protected void writeAttributeRaw(final String attributeName, final String attrib
 			osWriter.write(attributeName);
 			osWriter.write("=\""); //$NON-NLS-1$
 			osWriter.write(fullyEscapeValue(attributeValue));
-			osWriter.write("\" "); //$NON-NLS-1$
+			osWriter.write("\""); //$NON-NLS-1$
 		} catch (final IOException e) {
 			throw new XMLStreamException("Could not write raw attribute", e); //$NON-NLS-1$
 		}