diff --git a/main.js b/main.js
index 609e2de..fb87202 100644
--- a/main.js
+++ b/main.js
@@ -1331,7 +1331,7 @@ function checkevents()
 			showtemporaryinfo("New events to check");
 			var todo = getnote("todo");
 			var content = todo.content;
-			var newcontent = "";
+			var newcontent = "---\n";
 			newevents.forEach(evt =>
 			{
 				newcontent += "new event: " + evt.DTSTART.toDateString() + " " + evt.SUMMARY + "\n";