diff --git a/core/lib/Thelia/Core/Template/Smarty/Plugins/Module.php b/core/lib/Thelia/Core/Template/Smarty/Plugins/Module.php
index 1c6ab4fd1..23f9ed231 100755
--- a/core/lib/Thelia/Core/Template/Smarty/Plugins/Module.php
+++ b/core/lib/Thelia/Core/Template/Smarty/Plugins/Module.php
@@ -53,7 +53,11 @@ class Module extends AbstractSmartyPlugin
                 }
             }
         }
-        return $template->fetch(sprintf("string:%s", $content));
+
+        if (! empty($content))
+            return $template->fetch(sprintf("string:%s", $content));
+
+        return "";
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/core/lib/Thelia/Tests/Core/Template/Smarty/Plugins/FormatTest.php b/core/lib/Thelia/Tests/Core/Template/Smarty/Plugins/FormatTest.php
index 979642677..a673b805b 100644
--- a/core/lib/Thelia/Tests/Core/Template/Smarty/Plugins/FormatTest.php
+++ b/core/lib/Thelia/Tests/Core/Template/Smarty/Plugins/FormatTest.php
@@ -155,6 +155,7 @@ class FormatTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
      * test formatDate without mandatory parameters
      *
      * @covers ::formatDate
+     * @expectedException Thelia\Core\Template\Smarty\Exception\SmartyPluginException
      */
     public function testFormatDateWithoutDate()
     {
diff --git a/templates/admin/default/ajax/thelia_news_feed.html b/templates/admin/default/ajax/thelia_news_feed.html
index 360ca696b..fcc064ea9 100755
--- a/templates/admin/default/ajax/thelia_news_feed.html
+++ b/templates/admin/default/ajax/thelia_news_feed.html
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 			<div class="panel-heading">
 				<h3 class="panel-title">
 					<a class="accordion-toggle" data-toggle="collapse" data-parent="#accordion" href="#collapse-{$LOOP_COUNT}">
-						{$TITLE|strip_tags nofilter} - {format_date timestamp=$DATE}
+						{$TITLE|strip_tags nofilter} - {format_date timestamp=$DATE output='date'}
 					</a>
 				</h3>
 			</div>