diff --git a/xml2xslt.xsl b/xml2xslt.xsl
index c1c8107..40ff863 100644
--- a/xml2xslt.xsl
+++ b/xml2xslt.xsl
@@ -437,7 +437,7 @@
 							<xsl-out:apply-templates select="environment/latex-commands" />
 
 							<xsl-out:text>
-\newenvironment{answer}{\par\vspace{0.5em}\itshape}{\normalfont\vspace{1.5em}}
+\newenvironment{answer}{\par\vspace{0.5em}\itshape}{\normalfont\vspace{0.5em}}
 
 % Listings setup. We preload the most commonly used languages to speed things
 % up. Other languages will still work, just not quite as quickly.