diff --git a/packages/mjml-core/src/helpers/skeleton.js b/packages/mjml-core/src/helpers/skeleton.js
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/packages/mjml-core/src/helpers/skeleton.js
+++ b/packages/mjml-core/src/helpers/skeleton.js
@@ -76,10 +76,7 @@ export default function skeleton(options) {
         }
         ${headRaw.filter(negate(isNil)).join('\n')}
       </head>
-      <body${backgroundColor === ''
-        ? ' style="word-spacing:normal"'
-        : ` style="word-spacing:normal;background-color:${backgroundColor};"`
-      }>
+      <body style="word-spacing:normal;${backgroundColor ? `background-color:${backgroundColor};` : ''}">
         ${buildPreview(preview)}
         ${content}
       </body>
add condition within style tag to avoid repetition