diff --git a/lib/functions/output/function.getTemplate.php b/lib/functions/output/function.getTemplate.php
index d001e553..bd5855fb 100644
--- a/lib/functions/output/function.getTemplate.php
+++ b/lib/functions/output/function.getTemplate.php
@@ -56,6 +56,18 @@ function getTemplate($template, $noarea = 0)
 				$templatefile = preg_replace('/<if[ \t]*(.*)>(.*)(<\/if>|<else>(.*)<\/if>)/Uis', '".( ($1) ? ("$2") : ("$4") )."', $templatefile);
 			}
 		}
+		elseif(file_exists('./templates/' . $template . '.tpl') && is_readable('./templates/' . $template . '.tpl'))
+		{
+			$filename = './templates/' . $template . '.tpl';
+			$templatefile = addcslashes(file_get_contents($filename), '"\\');
+			 
+			// loop through template more than once in case we have an "if"-statement in another one
+			 
+			while(preg_match('/<if[ \t]*(.*)>(.*)(<\/if>|<else>(.*)<\/if>)/Uis', $templatefile))
+			{
+				$templatefile = preg_replace('/<if[ \t]*(.*)>(.*)(<\/if>|<else>(.*)<\/if>)/Uis', '".( ($1) ? ("$2") : ("$4") )."', $templatefile);
+			}
+		}
 		else
 		{
 			$templatefile = 'TEMPLATE NOT FOUND: ' . $filename;