diff --git a/templates/index/index.html b/templates/index/index.html
index d0784d5b..1ca5394d 100644
--- a/templates/index/index.html
+++ b/templates/index/index.html
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
                         {% csrf_token %}
                             <div id="text-input-container" class="transition-all duration-300 ease-in-out opacity-100 transform scale-100">
                                 <div class="join w-full mx-auto">
-                                    <input type="text" id="index-form-text-input" placeholder="cannonical SMILES string" class="input grow input-md join-item" />
+                                    <input type="text" id="index-form-text-input" placeholder="canonical SMILES string" class="input grow input-md join-item" />
                                     <button class="btn btn-neutral join-item">Predict!</button>
                                 </div>
                                 <div class="label relative w-full mt-1" >