diff --git a/mod/contacts.php b/mod/contacts.php
index 483655a6cb..9d29d4bd14 100644
--- a/mod/contacts.php
+++ b/mod/contacts.php
@@ -232,8 +232,14 @@ function contacts_content(&$a) {
 		$contact_id = $a->data['contact']['id'];
 		$contact = $a->data['contact'];
 
-		$tpl = get_markup_template('contact_head.tpl');
-		$a->page['htmlhead'] .= replace_macros($tpl, array('$baseurl' => $a->get_baseurl(true)));
+		$editselect = 'exact';
+		if(intval(get_pconfig(local_user(),'system','plaintext')))
+			$editselect = 'none';
+
+		$a->page['htmlhead'] .= replace_macros(get_markup_template('contact_head.tpl'), array(
+			'$baseurl' => $a->get_baseurl(true),
+			'$editselect' => $editselect,
+		));
 
 		require_once('include/contact_selectors.php');
 
diff --git a/mod/profiles.php b/mod/profiles.php
index 20be43d5d4..eef58bb06f 100644
--- a/mod/profiles.php
+++ b/mod/profiles.php
@@ -362,7 +362,16 @@ function profiles_content(&$a) {
 
 		require_once('include/profile_selectors.php');
 
-		$tpl = get_markup_template('profed_head.tpl');
+
+		$editselect = 'textareas';
+		if(intval(get_pconfig(local_user(),'system','plaintext')))
+			$editselect = 'none';
+
+		$a->page['htmlhead'] .= replace_macros(get_markup_template('profed_head.tpl'), array(
+			'$baseurl' => $a->get_baseurl(true),
+			'$editselect' => $editselect,
+		));
+
 
 		$opt_tpl = get_markup_template("profile-hide-friends.tpl");
 		$hide_friends = replace_macros($opt_tpl,array(
@@ -373,10 +382,12 @@ function profiles_content(&$a) {
 			'$no_selected' => (($r[0]['hide-friends'] == 0) ? " checked=\"checked\" " : "")
 		));
 
-
-		$a->page['htmlhead'] .= replace_macros($tpl, array('$baseurl' => $a->get_baseurl(true)));
 		$a->page['htmlhead'] .= "<script type=\"text/javascript\" src=\"js/country.js\" ></script>";
 
+
+
+
+
 		$f = get_config('system','birthday_input_format');
 		if(! $f)
 			$f = 'ymd';
diff --git a/view/contact_head.tpl b/view/contact_head.tpl
index a76293a687..9cfd817108 100644
--- a/view/contact_head.tpl
+++ b/view/contact_head.tpl
@@ -2,10 +2,9 @@
           src="$baseurl/library/tinymce/jscripts/tiny_mce/tiny_mce_src.js"></script>
           <script language="javascript" type="text/javascript">
 
-
 tinyMCE.init({
 	theme : "advanced",
-	mode : "exact",
+	mode : "$editselect",
 	elements: "contact-edit-info",
 	plugins : "bbcode",
 	theme_advanced_buttons1 : "bold,italic,underline,undo,redo,link,unlink,image,forecolor",
diff --git a/view/profed_head.tpl b/view/profed_head.tpl
index a3267d5916..2477654b39 100644
--- a/view/profed_head.tpl
+++ b/view/profed_head.tpl
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 tinyMCE.init({
 	theme : "advanced",
-	mode : "textareas",
+	mode : "$editselect",
 	plugins : "bbcode,paste",
 	theme_advanced_buttons1 : "bold,italic,underline,undo,redo,link,unlink,image,forecolor,formatselect,code",
 	theme_advanced_buttons2 : "",
diff --git a/view/profile_edit.tpl b/view/profile_edit.tpl
index e5c7162d03..2139fcf13c 100644
--- a/view/profile_edit.tpl
+++ b/view/profile_edit.tpl
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ $sexual
 $lbl_about
 </p>
 
-<textarea rows="10" cols="72" id="profile-jot-text" name="about" >$about</textarea>
+<textarea rows="10" cols="72" id="profile-about-text" name="about" >$about</textarea>
 
 </div>
 <div id="about-jot-end"></div>