diff --git a/layouts/_default/baseof.html b/layouts/_default/baseof.html
index 5bae7cb..caa1945 100644
--- a/layouts/_default/baseof.html
+++ b/layouts/_default/baseof.html
@@ -2,11 +2,6 @@
 <html lang="en">
 
 <head>
-    <meta charset="utf-8">
-    <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge">
-    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1, shrink-to-fit=no">
-    {{ "<!-- The above 3 meta tags *must* come first in the head; any other head content must come *after* these tags -->" | safeHTML }}
-
     {{ partial "head-meta.html" . }}
 
     <base href="{{ .Site.BaseURL }}">
diff --git a/layouts/partials/head-meta.html b/layouts/partials/head-meta.html
index aed026b..cad9afb 100644
--- a/layouts/partials/head-meta.html
+++ b/layouts/partials/head-meta.html
@@ -2,6 +2,11 @@
 {{ $description := .Params.description | default .Site.Params.description }}
 {{ $author := .Params.author | default .Site.Params.author }}
 
+    <meta charset="utf-8">
+    <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge">
+    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1, shrink-to-fit=no">
+    {{ "<!-- The above 3 meta tags *must* come first in the head; any other head content must come *after* these tags -->" | safeHTML }}
+
     <meta name="description" content="{{ $description }}">
     <meta name="author" content="{{ $author }}">
 
