diff --git a/layouts/_default/baseof.html b/layouts/_default/baseof.html
index 456fed5e05e..03a96d32538 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" . }}
       {{ block "announcement" . }}
diff --git a/layouts/_default/search.html b/layouts/_default/search.html
index 70f14c28d90..e8aa22ba295 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" . }}
       {{ block "announcement" . }}
