diff --git a/include/api.php b/include/api.php
index 0e638779b5..b9187ca3aa 100644
--- a/include/api.php
+++ b/include/api.php
@@ -1623,7 +1623,7 @@
 		$include_entities = strtolower(x($_REQUEST,'include_entities')?$_REQUEST['include_entities']:"false");
 
 		if ($include_entities != "true")
-			return false;
+			return array();
 
 		// Change pure links in text to bbcode uris
 		$bbcode = preg_replace("/([^\]\='".'"'."]|^)(https?\:\/\/[a-zA-Z0-9\:\/\-\?\&\;\.\=\_\~\#\%\$\!\+\,]+)/ism", '$1[url=$2]$2[/url]', $bbcode);