diff --git a/workflow/engine/classes/class.propelTable.php b/workflow/engine/classes/class.propelTable.php
index 1471c2c6e..e776ae458 100755
--- a/workflow/engine/classes/class.propelTable.php
+++ b/workflow/engine/classes/class.propelTable.php
@@ -396,12 +396,12 @@ class propelTable
       if(is_object($value)){
         $value = '';
       }
-      // checking if the value variable is a html field, a html tag content can't contain   as white spaces
-
+      // checking if the value variable is a html field, a html tag content can't contain   as white spaces 
       $testValue = preg_match( "/<a ?.*>(.*)<\/a>/i", $htmlField, $value);
-      $this->tpl->assign( "value" , $htmlField );
-      if ($testValue>0 && (isset($value[1]) && strlen(trim($value[1])) == 0 ))  {
-        $this->tpl->assign( "value" , "&nbsp;" );
+      $this->tpl->assign( "value" , $htmlField );    
+      if ($testValue>0 && (isset($value[1]) && strlen(trim($value[1])) == 0 ))  {        
+        if ((trim($value[0])) == '')          
+          $this->tpl->assign( "value" , "&nbsp;" );
         // $this->tpl->assign( "value" , (preg_match('^[[:space:]]^', $value) && (substr($fieldName,0,3)!="PRO"))? str_ireplace(" ","&nbsp;",$htmlField):$htmlField );
       } else {
         $this->tpl->assign( "value" , $htmlField );