diff --git a/api/etemplate.php b/api/etemplate.php
index ddff2cd431..49ed6a50d6 100644
--- a/api/etemplate.php
+++ b/api/etemplate.php
@@ -88,6 +88,8 @@ function send_template()
 				'customfields' => 'sub-type,use-private,field-names',
 				'date'         => 'data_format,ignore', // Legacy option "mode" was never implemented in et2
 				'description'  => 'bold-italic,link,activate_links,label_for,link_target,link_popup_size,link_title',
+				'button'       => 'image,ro_image',
+				'buttononly'   => 'image,ro_image',
 			);
 			// prefer more specific type-subtype over just type
 			$names = $legacy_options[$matches[1].$matches[2]] ?? $legacy_options[$matches[1]] ?? null;
diff --git a/api/js/etemplate/Et2Widget/Et2Widget.ts b/api/js/etemplate/Et2Widget/Et2Widget.ts
index d8c5d786d4..4ee5b3ffc9 100644
--- a/api/js/etemplate/Et2Widget/Et2Widget.ts
+++ b/api/js/etemplate/Et2Widget/Et2Widget.ts
@@ -1350,6 +1350,10 @@ function transformAttributes(widget, mgr : et2_arrayMgr, attributes)
 			// Set as attribute (reflected in DOM)
 			widget.setAttribute(attribute, attrValue);
 		}
+		else if (attribute === 'options')
+		{
+			console.trace('Ignored setting depricated "options" attribute for widget #'+widget.id, widget);
+		}
 		else
 		{
 			// Set as property, not attribute