diff --git a/templates/default/admin/media_upload.tpl b/templates/default/admin/media_upload.tpl
index 7d74517a..69e4d92d 100644
--- a/templates/default/admin/media_upload.tpl
+++ b/templates/default/admin/media_upload.tpl
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ function fillInput(source, target) {ldelim}
                 <td><select id="target_directory_1" name="serendipity[target_directory][1]">
                     <option value="">{$CONST.BASE_DIRECTORY}</option>
                     {foreach from=$media.folders item="folder"}
-                    <option {if $media.only_path == $folder.relpath}selected="selected"{/if} value="{$folder.relpath}">{'&nbsp;'|str_repeat:)$folder.depth*2)}{$folder.name}</option>
+                    <option {if $media.only_path == $folder.relpath}selected="selected"{/if} value="{$folder.relpath}">{'&nbsp;'|str_repeat:($folder.depth*2)}{$folder.name}</option>
                     {/foreach}
                     </select>
                 </td>