diff --git a/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/cataloguing/value_builder/marc21_leader.tt b/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/cataloguing/value_builder/marc21_leader.tt
index 62347f8351..a0b12e442c 100644
--- a/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/cataloguing/value_builder/marc21_leader.tt
+++ b/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/cataloguing/value_builder/marc21_leader.tt
@@ -16,9 +16,9 @@
 		<td>
 			<select name="f5" id="f5" size="1">
 			[% IF ( f5a ) %]
-				<option value=" " selected="selected">a- Increase in encoding level</option>
+                <option value="a" selected="selected">a- Increase in encoding level</option>
 			[% ELSE %]
-				<option value=" ">a- Increase in encoding level</option>
+                <option value="a">a- Increase in encoding level</option>
 			[% END %]
 
 			[% IF ( f5c ) %]