diff --git a/e107_handlers/e_parse_class.php b/e107_handlers/e_parse_class.php
index 764e48082..0aaf94358 100644
--- a/e107_handlers/e_parse_class.php
+++ b/e107_handlers/e_parse_class.php
@@ -3062,6 +3062,9 @@ class e_parser
 	 */ 
 	public function toGlyph($text, $space=" ")
 	{
+
+
+
 		if(!deftrue('BOOTSTRAP') || empty($text))
 		{
 			return false;	
@@ -3222,6 +3225,11 @@ class e_parser
 		{
 			return;
 		}
+
+		if(substr($icon,0,3) == '<i ') // if it's html (ie. css sprite) return the code.
+		{
+			return $icon;
+		}
 				
 		$ext = pathinfo($icon, PATHINFO_EXTENSION);