diff --git a/IPython/html/static/tree/js/main.js b/IPython/html/static/tree/js/main.js
index 5c0b018..b321b34 100644
--- a/IPython/html/static/tree/js/main.js
+++ b/IPython/html/static/tree/js/main.js
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ require([
common_options));
login_widget = new loginwidget.LoginWidget('#login_widget', common_options);
- $('#new_notebook').button().click(function (e) {
+ $('#new_notebook').click(function (e) {
notebook_list.new_notebook();
});