diff --git a/include/template_processor.php b/include/template_processor.php
index 7f270fb4b3..28c3f07ddd 100755
--- a/include/template_processor.php
+++ b/include/template_processor.php
@@ -160,7 +160,8 @@
 			krsort($this->nodes);
 			return $s;
 		}
-
+		
+        /*
 		private function _str_replace($str){
 			#$this->search,$this->replace,
 			$searchs = $this->search;
@@ -183,7 +184,7 @@
 				
 			}
 			return str_replace($this->search,$this->replace, $str);
-		}
+		}*/
 
 	
 		public function replace($s, $r) {
@@ -205,7 +206,8 @@
 			$os = ""; $count=0;
 			while($os!=$s && $count<10){
 				$os=$s; $count++;
-				$s = $this->_str_replace($s);
+				//$s = $this->_str_replace($s);
+				$s = str_replace($this->search, $this->replace, $s);
 			}
 			return template_unescape($s);
 		}
diff --git a/library/spam/b8/storage/storage_frndc.php b/library/spam/b8/storage/storage_frndc.php
index 2b9374f678..cbc6fe81a9 100644
--- a/library/spam/b8/storage/storage_frndc.php
+++ b/library/spam/b8/storage/storage_frndc.php
@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ class b8_storage_frndc extends b8_storage_base
 		$token = dbesc($token);
 		$count = dbesc($count);
 		$uid = dbesc($uid);
-		array_push($this->_puts, '("' . $token . '", "' . $count . '", '"' . $uid .'")');
+		array_push($this->_puts, '("' . $token . '", "' . $count . '", "' . $uid .'")');
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ class b8_storage_frndc extends b8_storage_base
 		$token = dbesc($token);
 		$count = dbesc($count);
 		$uid = dbesc($uid);
-		array_push($this->_puts, '("' . $token . '", "' . $count . '", '"' . $uid .'")');
+		array_push($this->_puts, '("' . $token . '", "' . $count . '", "' . $uid .'")');
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -325,7 +325,7 @@ class b8_storage_frndc extends b8_storage_base
 		if(count($this->_updates) > 0) {
 
 			// this still needs work
-			$result = q("select * from " . $this->config['table_name'] . ' where token = ';
+			$result = q("select * from " . $this->config['table_name'] . ' where token = ');
 
 			
 			$result = q('
diff --git a/mod/contacts.php b/mod/contacts.php
index c8edea1518..ce352fe204 100755
--- a/mod/contacts.php
+++ b/mod/contacts.php
@@ -504,8 +504,8 @@ function contacts_content(&$a) {
 				'name' => $rr['name'],
 				'username' => $rr['name'],
 				'sparkle' => $sparkle,
-				'url' => $url,
-				'item' => $rr,
+				'itemurl' => $rr['url'],
+				'network' => network_to_name($rr['network']),
 			);
 		}
 
diff --git a/view/contact_template.tpl b/view/contact_template.tpl
index d6f114d6eb..f4c0670bfe 100755
--- a/view/contact_template.tpl
+++ b/view/contact_template.tpl
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@
 			
 	</div>
 	<div class="contact-name" id="contact-entry-name-$contact.id" >$contact.name</div>
-	<div class="contact-details" id="contact-entry-url-$contact.id" >$contact.item.url</div>
-	<div class="contact-details" id="contact-entry-network-$contact.id" >$contact.item.network|network_to_name</div>
+	<div class="contact-details" id="contact-entry-url-$contact.id" >$contact.itemurl</div>
+	<div class="contact-details" id="contact-entry-network-$contact.id" >$contact.network</div>
 
 
 </div>