diff --git a/hyde/ext/templates/jinja.py b/hyde/ext/templates/jinja.py
index cc4320c..57d737c 100644
--- a/hyde/ext/templates/jinja.py
+++ b/hyde/ext/templates/jinja.py
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ def syntax(env, value, lexer=None, filename=None):
     code = code.replace('\n\n', '\n&nbsp;\n').replace('\n', '<br />')
     caption = filename if filename else pyg.name
     return Markup(
-                '\n\n<div class="code"><figcaption>%s</figcaption>%s</div>\n\n'
+            '<figure class="code"><figcaption>%s</figcaption>%s</figure>\n\n'
                         % (caption, code))
 
 class Spaceless(Extension):
@@ -213,6 +213,7 @@ class Syntax(Extension):
     """
     A wrapper around the syntax filter for syntactic sugar.
     """
+
     tags = set(['syntax'])
 
 
diff --git a/hyde/tests/ext/test_syntext.py b/hyde/tests/ext/test_syntext.py
index 9581776..5e8eae0 100644
--- a/hyde/tests/ext/test_syntext.py
+++ b/hyde/tests/ext/test_syntext.py
@@ -46,4 +46,4 @@ class TestSyntext(object):
         html = f.read_all()
         assert html
         q = PyQuery(html)
-        assert q('div.code').length == 1
\ No newline at end of file
+        assert q('figure.code').length == 1
\ No newline at end of file