diff --git a/lib/shop.lib.php b/lib/shop.lib.php
index be841ffdd..1613edafb 100644
--- a/lib/shop.lib.php
+++ b/lib/shop.lib.php
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ function get_it_image($img, $width=0, $height=0, $id="")
 {
     $str = get_image($img, $width, $height);
     if ($id) {
-        $str = "<a href=\"".G4_SHOP_URL."/item.php?it_id=$id\">$str</a>";
+        $str = '<a href="'.G4_SHOP_URL.'/item.php?it_id='.$id.'" alt="">'.$str.'</a>';
     }
     return $str;
 }