diff --git a/classes/footnotes_settings.php b/classes/footnotes_settings.php
index 935bdef..3513725 100644
--- a/classes/footnotes_settings.php
+++ b/classes/footnotes_settings.php
@@ -581,6 +581,11 @@ class Class_FootnotesSettings
     {
         $l_arr_Footnote_StartingTag = $this->LoadSetting(FOOTNOTE_INPUTFIELD_PLACEHOLDER_START);
         $l_arr_Footnote_EndingTag = $this->LoadSetting(FOOTNOTE_INPUTFIELD_PLACEHOLDER_END);
+
+        if ($l_arr_Footnote_StartingTag["value"] == "userdefined" || $l_arr_Footnote_EndingTag["value"] == "userdefined") {
+            $l_arr_Footnote_StartingTag = $this->LoadSetting(FOOTNOTE_INPUTFIELD_PLACEHOLDER_START_USERDEFINED);
+            $l_arr_Footnote_EndingTag = $this->LoadSetting(FOOTNOTE_INPUTFIELD_PLACEHOLDER_END_USERDEFINED);
+        }
         ?>
         <div style="text-align:center;">
             <div class="footnote_placeholder_box_container">
diff --git a/readme.txt b/readme.txt
index 0cf8856..0c18f74 100755
--- a/readme.txt
+++ b/readme.txt
@@ -40,6 +40,9 @@ No, this Plugin has been written from scratch. Of course some inspirations on ho
 
 == Changelog ==
 
+= 1.2.1 =
+- Bugfix: HowTo example will be displayed correctly if a user defined short code is set
+
 = 1.2.0 =
 - Feature: New button in the WYSIWYG editor and in the plain text editor to easily implement the footnotes tag
 - Feature: Icon for the WYSIWYG-editor button