diff --git a/xml2xslt.xsl b/xml2xslt.xsl
index 4ffda03..023c134 100755
--- a/xml2xslt.xsl
+++ b/xml2xslt.xsl
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@
 						</xsl-out:when>
 						<xsl-out:otherwise>
 							<!-- maybe we should assume that we're in a book documentclass and issue a \chapter here? -->
-							\chapter{<xsl-out:apply-templates select="/document/title" mode="chapter"/>}
+							\general{<xsl-out:apply-templates select="/document/title" mode="chapter"/>}
 							<xsl-out:apply-templates select="*[not(self::title)]"/>
 						</xsl-out:otherwise>
 					</xsl-out:choose>