diff --git a/beamerouterthememetropolis.dtx b/beamerouterthememetropolis.dtx
index 606bcdf..5dde47b 100644
--- a/beamerouterthememetropolis.dtx
+++ b/beamerouterthememetropolis.dtx
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@
       wd=\paperwidth,
       sep=1.5ex,
     ]{frametitle}
-  \insertframetitle\@metropolis@frametitlestrut%
+  \@metropolis@frametitlestrut\insertframetitle\@metropolis@frametitlestrut%
   \end{beamercolorbox}%
 }
 %    \end{macrocode}