diff --git a/addressbook/inc/class.addressbook_egw_record.inc.php b/addressbook/inc/class.addressbook_egw_record.inc.php
index a37c48b987..66d48e6b89 100644
--- a/addressbook/inc/class.addressbook_egw_record.inc.php
+++ b/addressbook/inc/class.addressbook_egw_record.inc.php
@@ -78,8 +78,7 @@ class addressbook_egw_record implements importexport_iface_egw_record
 	 * @return array complete record as associative array
 	 */
 	public function get_record_array() {
-		// do not return binary jpeg, it messes up json data
-		return array_diff_key($this->contact, array('jpegphoto' => true));
+		return $this->contact;
 	}
 
 	/**
diff --git a/addressbook/inc/class.addressbook_import_vcard.inc.php b/addressbook/inc/class.addressbook_import_vcard.inc.php
index e32bd09655..0252778401 100644
--- a/addressbook/inc/class.addressbook_import_vcard.inc.php
+++ b/addressbook/inc/class.addressbook_import_vcard.inc.php
@@ -121,8 +121,8 @@ class addressbook_import_vcard implements importexport_iface_import_plugin  {
 		// Failures
 		$this->errors = array();
 
-		 // Fix for Apple Addressbook
-                $vCard = preg_replace('/item\d\.(ADR|TEL|EMAIL|URL)/', '\1', stream_get_contents($_stream));
+		// Fix for Apple Addressbook
+        $vCard = preg_replace('/item\d\.(ADR|TEL|EMAIL|URL)/', '\1', stream_get_contents($_stream));
 
 		$contacts = new egw_ical_iterator($vCard, '', $charset, array($this, '_vcard'),array(
 			// Owner (addressbook)
@@ -272,7 +272,7 @@ class addressbook_import_vcard implements importexport_iface_import_plugin  {
 		foreach($this->preview_records as $i => $record)
 		{
 			// Convert to human-friendly
-                        importexport_export_csv::convert($record,$record_class::$types,$_definition->application);
+            importexport_export_csv::convert($record,$record_class::$types,$_definition->application);
 			$record = $record->get_record_array();
 			$row = array();
 			foreach($labels as $field => $label)
@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@ class addressbook_import_vcard implements importexport_iface_import_plugin  {
 				// Don't scare users, do something with jpeg
 				if($field == 'jpegphoto' && $row[$field])
 				{
-					$row[$field] = '<span style="white-space: nowrap;">-ENCODED IMAGE-</span>';
+					$row[$field] = '<img style="max-width:50px;max-height:50px;" src="data:image/jpeg;base64,'.$row[$field].'"/>';
 				}
 				unset($record[$field]);
 			}
diff --git a/addressbook/inc/class.addressbook_vcal.inc.php b/addressbook/inc/class.addressbook_vcal.inc.php
index 05140a3f01..4e31a44268 100644
--- a/addressbook/inc/class.addressbook_vcal.inc.php
+++ b/addressbook/inc/class.addressbook_vcal.inc.php
@@ -953,8 +953,11 @@ class addressbook_vcal extends addressbook_bo
 								break;
 
 							case 'jpegphoto':
-								$contact[$fieldName] = $vcardValues[$vcardKey]['params']['ENCODING'] == 'b' ?
-									base64_decode($vcardValues[$vcardKey]['value']): $vcardValues[$vcardKey]['value'];
+								$contact[$fieldName] = $vcardValues[$vcardKey]['value'];
+								if(in_array($vcardValues[$vcardKey]['params']['ENCODING'],array('b','B','BASE64')))
+								{
+									$contact[$fieldName] = base64_decode($contact[$fieldName]);
+								}
 								break;
 
 							case 'note':