diff --git a/layouts/_default/baseof.html b/layouts/_default/baseof.html
index 612bddbb2c..034a59cd96 100644
--- a/layouts/_default/baseof.html
+++ b/layouts/_default/baseof.html
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   <head>
     {{ partial "head.html" . }}
   </head>
-  <body class="td-{{ .Kind }}{{- if ne .Params.cid "" -}}{{- printf " cid-%s" (lower .Params.cid) -}}{{- end -}}">
+  <body class="td-{{ .Kind }}{{- if ne (lower .Params.cid) "" -}}{{- printf " cid-%s" (lower .Params.cid) -}}{{- end -}}">
     <header>
       {{ partial "navbar.html" . }}
     </header>
diff --git a/layouts/_default/search.html b/layouts/_default/search.html
index 286e476de1..301e3da146 100644
--- a/layouts/_default/search.html
+++ b/layouts/_default/search.html
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   <head>
     {{ partial "head.html" . }}
   </head>
-  <body class="td-search {{- if ne .Params.cid "" -}}{{- printf " cid-%s" (lower .Params.cid) -}}{{- end -}}">
+  <body class="td-search {{- if ne (lower .Params.cid) "" -}}{{- printf " cid-%s" (lower .Params.cid) -}}{{- end -}}">
     <header>
       {{ partial "navbar.html" . }}
       <div class="header-filler"></div>
