diff --git a/include/text.php b/include/text.php
index 097b02bbc..599c5d445 100644
--- a/include/text.php
+++ b/include/text.php
@@ -972,6 +972,7 @@ function smilies($s, $sample = false) {
 		|| (local_user() && intval(get_pconfig(local_user(),'system','no_smilies'))))
 		return $s;
 
+
 	$s = preg_replace_callback('{<(pre|code)>.*?</\1>}ism','smile_shield',$s);
 	$s = preg_replace_callback('/<[a-z]+ .*?>/ism','smile_shield',$s);
 
@@ -1046,8 +1047,8 @@ function smilies($s, $sample = false) {
 		'<img class="smiley" src="' . $a->get_baseurl() . '/images/smiley-facepalm.gif" alt=":facepalm" />',
 		'<img class="smiley" src="' . $a->get_baseurl() . '/images/like.gif" alt=":like" />',
 		'<img class="smiley" src="' . $a->get_baseurl() . '/images/dislike.gif" alt=":dislike" />',
-		'<a href="http://getzot.com"><strong>red<img class="smiley" src="' . $a->get_baseurl() . '/images/rm-16.png" alt="red#matrix" />matrix</strong></a>',
-		'<a href="http://getzot.com"><strong>red<img class="smiley" src="' . $a->get_baseurl() . '/images/rm-16.png" alt="red#" />matrix</strong></a>',
+		'<a href="http://getzot.com"><strong>red<img class="smiley" src="' . $a->get_baseurl() . '/images/rm-16.png" alt="' . urlencode('red#matrix') . '" />matrix</strong></a>',
+		'<a href="http://getzot.com"><strong>red<img class="smiley" src="' . $a->get_baseurl() . '/images/rm-16.png" alt="' . urlencode('red#') . '" />matrix</strong></a>',
 		'<a href="http://getzot.com"><strong>red<img class="smiley" src="' . $a->get_baseurl() . '/images/rm-16.png" alt="r#" />matrix</strong></a>'
 
 	);