diff --git a/inc/display.php b/inc/display.php
index 2021dc8f..a7e4826e 100644
--- a/inc/display.php
+++ b/inc/display.php
@@ -241,6 +241,29 @@ function secure_link($href) {
 	return $href . '/' . make_secure_link_token($href);
 }
 
+function embed_html($link) {
+	global $config;
+	
+	foreach ($config['embedding'] as $embed) {
+		if ($html = preg_replace($embed[0], $embed[1], $link)) {
+				if ($html == $link)
+					continue; // Nope
+			
+			$html = str_replace('%%tb_width%%', $config['embed_width'], $html);
+			$html = str_replace('%%tb_height%%', $config['embed_height'], $html);
+			
+			return $html;
+		}
+	}
+	
+	if ($link[0] == '<') {
+		// Prior to v0.9.6-dev-8, HTML code for embedding was stored in the database instead of the link.
+		return $link;
+	}
+	
+	return 'Embedding error.';
+}
+
 class Post {
 	public function __construct($id, $thread, $subject, $email, $name, $trip, $capcode, $body, $time, $thumb, $thumbx, $thumby, $file, $filex, $filey, $filesize, $filename, $ip, $embed, $root=null, $mod=false) {
 		global $config;
@@ -269,6 +292,9 @@ class Post {
 		$this->root = $root;
 		$this->mod = $mod;
 		
+		if ($this->embed)
+			$this->embed = embed_html($this->embed);
+		
 		if ($this->mod)
 			// Fix internal links
 			// Very complicated regex
@@ -365,6 +391,9 @@ class Thread {
 		$this->mod = $mod;
 		$this->hr = $hr;
 		
+		if ($this->embed)
+			$this->embed = embed_html($this->embed);
+		
 		if ($this->mod)
 			// Fix internal links
 			// Very complicated regex
diff --git a/post.php b/post.php
index 30db27b9..4e10c0cf 100644
--- a/post.php
+++ b/post.php
@@ -243,19 +243,10 @@ if (isset($_POST['delete'])) {
 		// yep; validate it
 		$value = $_POST['embed'];
 		foreach ($config['embedding'] as &$embed) {
-			if ($html = preg_replace($embed[0], $embed[1], $value)) {
-				if ($html == $value) {
-					// Nope.
-					continue;
-				}
-				
-				// Width and height
-				$html = str_replace('%%tb_width%%', $config['embed_width'], $html);
-				$html = str_replace('%%tb_height%%', $config['embed_height'], $html);
-				
-				// Validated. It works.
-				$post['embed'] = $html;
-				// This looks messy right now, I know. I'll work on a better alternative later.
+			if (preg_match($embed[0], $value)) {
+				// Valid link
+				$post['embed'] = $value;
+				// This is bad, lol.
 				$post['no_longer_require_an_image_for_op'] = true;
 				break;
 			}