diff --git a/mod/allfriends.php b/mod/allfriends.php
index bbdc5ef458..b73c55c226 100644
--- a/mod/allfriends.php
+++ b/mod/allfriends.php
@@ -20,12 +20,15 @@ function allfriends_content(&$a) {
 		intval(local_user())
 	);
 
-	$a->page['aside'] .= replace_macros(get_markup_template("vcard-widget.tpl"),array(
+	$vcard_widget .= replace_macros(get_markup_template("vcard-widget.tpl"),array(
                 '$name' => $c[0]['name'],
                 '$photo' => $c[0]['photo'],
                 'url' => $a->get_baseurl() . '/contacts/' . $cid
                 ));
-	
+
+        if(! x($a->page,'aside'))
+                $a->page['aside'] = '';
+        $a->page['aside'] .= $vcard_widget;
 
 	if(! count($c))
 		return;
diff --git a/mod/common.php b/mod/common.php
index 574443f483..6a1bf4e31b 100644
--- a/mod/common.php
+++ b/mod/common.php
@@ -28,12 +28,15 @@ function common_content(&$a) {
 		);
 	}	
 
-	$a->page['aside'] .= replace_macros(get_markup_template("vcard-widget.tpl"),array(
+	$vcard_widget .= replace_macros(get_markup_template("vcard-widget.tpl"),array(
                 '$name' => $c[0]['name'],
                 '$photo' => $c[0]['photo'],
                 'url' => $a->get_baseurl() . '/contacts/' . $cid
                 ));
-	
+
+        if(! x($a->page,'aside'))
+                $a->page['aside'] = '';
+        $a->page['aside'] .= $vcard_widget;	
 
 	if(! count($c))
 		return;
diff --git a/mod/crepair.php b/mod/crepair.php
index 7cc67d4c83..457a06685d 100644
--- a/mod/crepair.php
+++ b/mod/crepair.php
@@ -23,11 +23,11 @@ function crepair_init(&$a) {
 	if($contact_id) {
 			$a->data['contact'] = $r[0];
                         $tpl = get_markup_template("vcard-widget.tpl");
-                        $o .= replace_macros($tpl, array(
+                        $vcard_widget .= replace_macros($tpl, array(
                                 '$name' => $a->data['contact']['name'],
                                 '$photo' => $a->data['contact']['photo']
                         ));
-			$a->page['aside'] .= $o;
+			$a->page['aside'] .= $vcard_widget;
 
 	}
 }
diff --git a/mod/photos.php b/mod/photos.php
index 657f23236d..ebb88c7391 100644
--- a/mod/photos.php
+++ b/mod/photos.php
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ function photos_init(&$a) {
 
                 $tpl = get_markup_template("vcard-widget.tpl");
 
-		$o .= replace_macros($tpl, array(
+		$vcard_widget .= replace_macros($tpl, array(
                         '$name' => $a->data['user']['username'],
                         '$photo' => $profilephoto
                 ));
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ function photos_init(&$a) {
 
 		if(! x($a->page,'aside'))
 			$a->page['aside'] = '';
+                $a->page['aside'] .= $vcard_widget;
 		$a->page['aside'] .= $o;
 
 
diff --git a/mod/videos.php b/mod/videos.php
index bc076e740a..5553bbbeb3 100644
--- a/mod/videos.php
+++ b/mod/videos.php
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ function videos_init(&$a) {
 
                 $tpl = get_markup_template("vcard-widget.tpl");
 
-		$o .= replace_macros($tpl, array(
+		$vcard_widget = replace_macros($tpl, array(
                         '$name' => $a->data['user']['username'],
                         '$photo' => $profilephoto
                 ));
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ function videos_init(&$a) {
 
 		if(! x($a->page,'aside'))
 			$a->page['aside'] = '';
-		$a->page['aside'] .= $o;
+		$a->page['aside'] .= $vcard_widget;
 
 
 		$tpl = get_markup_template("videos_head.tpl");