diff --git a/IPython/html/static/base/js/contents.js b/IPython/html/static/base/js/contents.js
index 802f6dc..31a7d6c 100644
--- a/IPython/html/static/base/js/contents.js
+++ b/IPython/html/static/base/js/contents.js
@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ define([
         var url = utils.url_join_encode(this.base_url, 'api', 'contents',
             path);
         $.ajax(url, settings);
-    }
+    };
 
 
     IPython.Contents = Contents;