diff --git a/css/freepost.styl b/css/freepost.styl
index 9e0eacc..445744b 100644
--- a/css/freepost.styl
+++ b/css/freepost.styl
@@ -299,7 +299,7 @@ body
                 > p
                     line-height 1.5em
             
-        > .footer
+        > footer
             border-top  1px solid #6ECFFF
             margin      3em 0 0 0
             padding     2em 0
diff --git a/template/footer.twig b/template/footer.twig
index ef81668..40b4748 100644
--- a/template/footer.twig
+++ b/template/footer.twig
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
             {# End of <div class="content"> defined in header.twig #}
             </div>
 
-            <div class="footer">
+            <footer>
                 <p>
                     Text is available under a <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0">Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License</a>.
                 </p>
-                
+
                 <ul>
                     <li>
                         <img alt="Peers" title="" src="images/peers.png" />
@@ -31,14 +31,14 @@
                         Hosted by <a href="https://tuxfamily.org">TuxFamily</a>
                     </li>
                 </ul>
-            </div>
+            </footer>
         </div>
-        
+
         {# When users vote, this <iframe/> is used as target, such that
          # the page is not reloaded
          #}
         <iframe name="vote_sink" class="vote_sink"></iframe>
-        
+
         <script src="javascript/freepost.js"></script>
     </body>
 </html>
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