diff --git a/mod/directory.php b/mod/directory.php
index 8e31144a92..b105bf7876 100644
--- a/mod/directory.php
+++ b/mod/directory.php
@@ -11,11 +11,15 @@ function directory_content(&$a) {
 	$r = q("SELECT * FROM `profile` WHERE `default` = 1 AND `publish` = 1");
 	if(count($r)) {
 
-		$tpl = file_get_contents('view/directory_item');
+		$tpl = file_get_contents('view/directory_item.tpl');
 
 		foreach($r as $rr) {
 
-			$o .= directory_block($a,$rr,$tpl);
+			$o .= expand_macros($tpl,array(
+
+
+
+			));
 
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/view/directory_item.tpl b/view/directory_item.tpl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..295a66451a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/view/directory_item.tpl
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+
+<div class="directory-item" id="directory-item-$id" >
+<div class="directory-photo-wrapper" id="directory-photo-wrapper-$id" > 
+<div class="directory-photo" id="directory-photo-$id" ><a href="$profile-link" class="directory-profile-link" id="directory-profile-link-$id" ><img src="$photo" alt="$alt-text" title="$alt-text" /></a>
+</div>
+</div>
+<div class="directory-photo-end"></div>
+<div class="directory-name-wrapper">
+<div class="directory-name" id="directory-name-$id">$name</div>
+</div>
+<div class="directory-name-end"></div>
+<div class="directory-details">$details</div>
+<div class="directory-item-end"></div>
+</div>
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