diff --git a/e107_handlers/e_parse_class.php b/e107_handlers/e_parse_class.php
index 6b9c0ae04..d9386649c 100644
--- a/e107_handlers/e_parse_class.php
+++ b/e107_handlers/e_parse_class.php
@@ -4213,16 +4213,20 @@ class e_parser
 
 
 	/**
+	 * Return a Bootstrap Badge tag
 	 * @param $text
 	 * @return string
 	 */
-	public function toBadge($text)
+	public function toBadge($text, $parm=null)
 	{
-		return "<span class='badge'>".$text."</span>";
+		$class = !empty($parm['class']) ? " ".$parm['class'] : ' badge-secondary';
+
+		return "<span class='badge".$class."'>".$text."</span>";
 	}
 
 
 	/**
+	 * Return a Bootstrap Label tag
 	 * @param $text
 	 * @return string
 	 */
diff --git a/e107_handlers/news_class.php b/e107_handlers/news_class.php
index 38c84960c..71aed0111 100644
--- a/e107_handlers/news_class.php
+++ b/e107_handlers/news_class.php
@@ -1000,7 +1000,7 @@ class e_news_category_item extends e_front_model
 		}
 	}
 
-	public function sc_news_category_news_count($parm = '')
+	public function sc_news_category_news_count($parm = null)
 	{
 		if(!$this->is('category_news_count'))
 		{
@@ -1012,7 +1012,7 @@ class e_news_category_item extends e_front_model
 			return (string) $this->cat('news_count');
 		}
 
-		return (string) e107::getParser()->toBadge( $this->cat('news_count'));
+		return (string) e107::getParser()->toBadge( $this->cat('news_count'), $parm);
 	}
 }