diff --git a/lib/tpl/dokuwiki/tpl_header.php b/lib/tpl/dokuwiki/tpl_header.php
index 1d2517ee1ebbe974ad126aa59d3da5db62a1953c..f2e720308fac8ca6115a05568bdb39f7bdb6ca4d 100644
--- a/lib/tpl/dokuwiki/tpl_header.php
+++ b/lib/tpl/dokuwiki/tpl_header.php
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 <!-- ********** HEADER ********** -->
 <div id="dokuwiki__header"><div class="pad group">
 
-    <?php html_msgarea() ?>
     <?php tpl_includeFile('header.html') ?>
 
     <div class="headings group">
@@ -77,5 +76,7 @@
         </div>
     <?php endif ?>
 
+    <?php html_msgarea() ?>
+
     <hr class="a11y" />
 </div></div><!-- /header -->