diff --git a/include/items.php b/include/items.php
index c6d852fe73..8324d4bdd9 100644
--- a/include/items.php
+++ b/include/items.php
@@ -2933,8 +2933,8 @@ function fix_private_photos($s,$uid, $item = null, $cid = 0) {
 	logger('fix_private_photos', LOGGER_DEBUG);
 	$site = substr($a->get_baseurl(),strpos($a->get_baseurl(),'://'));
 
-	if(preg_match("/\[img\](.*?)\[\/img\]/is",$s,$matches)) {
-		$image = $matches[1];
+	if(preg_match("/\[img(.*?)\](.*?)\[\/img\]/is",$s,$matches)) {
+		$image = $matches[2];
 		logger('fix_private_photos: found photo ' . $image, LOGGER_DEBUG);
 		if(stristr($image , $site . '/photo/')) {
 			$replace = false;