diff --git a/mod/cal.php b/mod/cal.php
index 8352917784..5903ea63fa 100644
--- a/mod/cal.php
+++ b/mod/cal.php
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 use Friendica\App;
 use Friendica\Content\Feature;
 use Friendica\Content\Nav;
+use Friendica\Content\Text\BBCode;
 use Friendica\Content\Widget;
 use Friendica\Core\Renderer;
 use Friendica\Core\Session;
@@ -54,14 +55,14 @@ function cal_init(App $a)
 
 	$account_type = Contact::getAccountType($profile);
 
-	$tpl = Renderer::getMarkupTemplate("widget/vcard.tpl");
+	$tpl = Renderer::getMarkupTemplate('widget/vcard.tpl');
 
 	$vcard_widget = Renderer::replaceMacros($tpl, [
 		'$name' => $profile['name'],
 		'$photo' => $profile['photo'],
 		'$addr' => $profile['addr'] ?: '',
 		'$account_type' => $account_type,
-		'$about' => $profile['about'] ?: '',
+		'$about' => BBCode::convert($profile['about'] ?: ''),
 	]);
 
 	$cal_widget = Widget\CalendarExport::getHTML();
diff --git a/mod/common.php b/mod/common.php
index 7e1dcc1859..8ab8434cf5 100644
--- a/mod/common.php
+++ b/mod/common.php
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ function common_content(App $a)
 		$contact = DBA::selectFirst('contact', ['name', 'url', 'photo', 'uid', 'id'], ['self' => true, 'uid' => $uid]);
 
 		if (DBA::isResult($contact)) {
-			$vcard_widget = Renderer::replaceMacros(Renderer::getMarkupTemplate("widget/vcard.tpl"), [
+			$vcard_widget = Renderer::replaceMacros(Renderer::getMarkupTemplate('widget/vcard.tpl'), [
 				'$name'  => $contact['name'],
 				'$photo' => $contact['photo'],
 				'url'    => 'contact/' . $cid
diff --git a/mod/photos.php b/mod/photos.php
index 13fa855c91..724859733b 100644
--- a/mod/photos.php
+++ b/mod/photos.php
@@ -58,14 +58,14 @@ function photos_init(App $a) {
 
 		$account_type = Contact::getAccountType($profile);
 
-		$tpl = Renderer::getMarkupTemplate("widget/vcard.tpl");
+		$tpl = Renderer::getMarkupTemplate('widget/vcard.tpl');
 
 		$vcard_widget = Renderer::replaceMacros($tpl, [
 			'$name' => $profile['name'],
 			'$photo' => $profile['photo'],
 			'$addr' => $profile['addr'] ?? '',
 			'$account_type' => $account_type,
-			'$about' => $profile['about'] ?? '',
+			'$about' => BBCode::convert($profile['about'] ?? ''),
 		]);
 
 		$albums = Photo::getAlbums($a->data['user']['uid']);
diff --git a/mod/videos.php b/mod/videos.php
index b8119a6861..7cc544c1c3 100644
--- a/mod/videos.php
+++ b/mod/videos.php
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 use Friendica\App;
 use Friendica\Content\Nav;
 use Friendica\Content\Pager;
+use Friendica\Content\Text\BBCode;
 use Friendica\Core\Renderer;
 use Friendica\Core\Session;
 use Friendica\Database\DBA;
@@ -43,14 +44,14 @@ function videos_init(App $a)
 
 		$account_type = Contact::getAccountType($profile);
 
-		$tpl = Renderer::getMarkupTemplate("widget/vcard.tpl");
+		$tpl = Renderer::getMarkupTemplate('widget/vcard.tpl');
 
 		$vcard_widget = Renderer::replaceMacros($tpl, [
 			'$name' => $profile['name'],
 			'$photo' => $profile['photo'],
 			'$addr' => $profile['addr'] ?? '',
 			'$account_type' => $account_type,
-			'$about' => $profile['about'] ?? '',
+			'$about' => BBCode::convert($profile['about'] ?? ''),
 		]);
 
 		// If not there, create 'aside' empty
diff --git a/view/templates/profile/vcard.tpl b/view/templates/profile/vcard.tpl
index b8fc807fae..2b11bc4a30 100644
--- a/view/templates/profile/vcard.tpl
+++ b/view/templates/profile/vcard.tpl
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 	
 	{{if $profile.addr}}<div class="p-addr">{{$profile.addr}}</div>{{/if}}
 	
-	{{if $profile.about}}<div class="title">{{$profile.about}}</div>{{/if}}
+	{{if $profile.about}}<div class="title">{{$profile.about nofilter}}</div>{{/if}}
 
 	{{if $profile.picdate}}
 		<div id="profile-photo-wrapper"><a href="{{$profile.url}}"><img class="photo u-photo" width="175" height="175" src="{{$profile.photo}}?rev={{$profile.picdate}}" alt="{{$profile.name}}"></a></div>
diff --git a/view/templates/widget/vcard.tpl b/view/templates/widget/vcard.tpl
index 135d90a61b..1bd0690a27 100644
--- a/view/templates/widget/vcard.tpl
+++ b/view/templates/widget/vcard.tpl
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 <div class="vcard h-card">
 	<div class="fn p-name">{{$name}}</div>
 	{{if $addr}}<div class="p-addr">{{$addr}}</div>{{/if}}
-	{{if $about}}<div class="title p-job-title">{{$about}}</div>{{/if}}
+	{{if $about}}<div class="title p-job-title">{{$about nofilter}}</div>{{/if}}
 	{{if $url}}
 	<div id="profile-photo-wrapper"><a href="{{$url}}"><img class="vcard-photo photo u-photo" style="width: 175px; height: 175px;" src="{{$photo}}" alt="{{$name}}" /></a></div>
 	{{else}}
diff --git a/view/theme/duepuntozero/templates/profile/vcard.tpl b/view/theme/duepuntozero/templates/profile/vcard.tpl
index 02187d9549..793b82386f 100644
--- a/view/theme/duepuntozero/templates/profile/vcard.tpl
+++ b/view/theme/duepuntozero/templates/profile/vcard.tpl
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 	
 	{{if $profile.addr}}<div class="p-addr">{{$profile.addr}}</div>{{/if}}
 	
-	{{if $profile.about}}<div class="title">{{$profile.about}}</div>{{/if}}
+	{{if $profile.about}}<div class="title">{{$profile.about nofilter}}</div>{{/if}}
 	<div id="profile-photo-wrapper"><img class="photo u-photo" width="175" height="175" src="{{$profile.photo}}?rev={{$profile.picdate}}" alt="{{$profile.name}}"></div>
 
 	{{if $account_type}}<div class="account-type">{{$account_type}}</div>{{/if}}
diff --git a/view/theme/frio/templates/profile/vcard.tpl b/view/theme/frio/templates/profile/vcard.tpl
index 2765dbc39e..4f7683dc01 100644
--- a/view/theme/frio/templates/profile/vcard.tpl
+++ b/view/theme/frio/templates/profile/vcard.tpl
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
 
 			{{if $profile.addr}}<div class="p-addr">{{include file="sub/punct_wrap.tpl" text=$profile.addr}}</div>{{/if}}
 
-			{{if $profile.about}}<div class="title">{{$profile.about}}</div>{{/if}}
+			{{if $profile.about}}<div class="title">{{$profile.about nofilter}}</div>{{/if}}
 
 			{{if $account_type}}<div class="account-type">({{$account_type}})</div>{{/if}}
 		</div>
diff --git a/view/theme/frio/templates/widget/vcard.tpl b/view/theme/frio/templates/widget/vcard.tpl
index fa65de0dc6..210edbe441 100644
--- a/view/theme/frio/templates/widget/vcard.tpl
+++ b/view/theme/frio/templates/widget/vcard.tpl
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 
 			{{if $account_type}}<div class="account-type">({{$account_type}})</div>{{/if}}
 
-			{{if $about}}<div class="title">{{$about}}</div>{{/if}}
+			{{if $about}}<div class="title">{{$about nofilter}}</div>{{/if}}
 
 			{{if $network_link}}<dl class="network"><dt class="network-label">{{$network}}</dt><dd class="x-network">{{$network_link nofilter}}</dd></dl>{{/if}}
 		</div>
diff --git a/view/theme/quattro/templates/profile/vcard.tpl b/view/theme/quattro/templates/profile/vcard.tpl
index 6f9e5cffbe..107e7850f0 100644
--- a/view/theme/quattro/templates/profile/vcard.tpl
+++ b/view/theme/quattro/templates/profile/vcard.tpl
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 
 	{{if $profile.addr}}<div class="p-addr">{{$profile.addr}}</div>{{/if}}
 
-	{{if $about}}<div class="title">{{$profile.about}}</div>{{/if}}
+	{{if $about}}<div class="title">{{$profile.about nofilter}}</div>{{/if}}
 	<div id="profile-photo-wrapper"><img class="photo u-photo" width="175" height="175" src="{{$profile.photo}}?rev={{$profile.picdate}}" alt="{{$profile.name}}" /></div>
 
 	{{if $account_type}}<div class="account-type">{{$account_type}}</div>{{/if}}
diff --git a/view/theme/vier/templates/profile/vcard.tpl b/view/theme/vier/templates/profile/vcard.tpl
index 940bdd016b..d6cf873b43 100644
--- a/view/theme/vier/templates/profile/vcard.tpl
+++ b/view/theme/vier/templates/profile/vcard.tpl
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 
 	{{if $profile.addr}}<div class="p-addr">{{$profile.addr}}</div>{{/if}}
 
-	{{if $profile.about}}<div class="title">{{$profile.about}}</div>{{/if}}
+	{{if $profile.about}}<div class="title">{{$profile.about nofilter}}</div>{{/if}}
 
 	{{if $profile.picdate}}
 		<div id="profile-photo-wrapper"><a href="{{$profile.url}}"><img class="photo u-photo" src="{{$profile.photo}}?rev={{$profile.picdate}}" alt="{{$profile.name}}"></a></div>