diff --git a/content/plugins/fancyFirstChar.js b/content/plugins/fancyFirstChar.js
index 157fc71054..730111ff00 100644
--- a/content/plugins/fancyFirstChar.js
+++ b/content/plugins/fancyFirstChar.js
@@ -1,29 +1,36 @@
+var _ = require('underscore');
+
 var fancyFirstChar;
 
+function fancify(originalContent) {
+    var newContent,
+        firstCharIndex = 0;
+
+    if (originalContent.substr(0, 1) === '<') {
+        firstCharIndex = originalContent.indexOf('>') + 1;
+    }
+
+    newContent = originalContent.substr(0, firstCharIndex);
+    newContent += '<span class="fancyChar">';
+    newContent += originalContent.substr(firstCharIndex, 1);
+    newContent += '</span>';
+    newContent += originalContent.substr(firstCharIndex + 1, originalContent.length - firstCharIndex - 1);
+
+    return newContent;
+}
+
+
 fancyFirstChar = {
     init: function (ghost) {
         ghost.registerFilter('prePostsRender', function (posts) {
-            var post,
-                originalContent,
-                newContent,
-                firstCharIndex = 0;
-
-            for (post in posts) {
-                if (posts.hasOwnProperty(post)) {
-                    originalContent = posts[post].content_html;
-                    if (originalContent.substr(0, 1) === '<') {
-                        firstCharIndex = originalContent.indexOf('>') + 1;
-                    }
-
-                    newContent = originalContent.substr(0, firstCharIndex);
-                    newContent += '<span class="fancyChar">';
-                    newContent += originalContent.substr(firstCharIndex, 1);
-                    newContent += '</span>';
-                    newContent += originalContent.substr(firstCharIndex + 1, originalContent.length - firstCharIndex - 1);
-
-                    posts[post].content_html = newContent;
-                }
+            if (_.isArray(posts)) {
+                _.each(posts, function (post) {
+                    post.content_html = fancify(post.content_html);
+                });
+            } else if (posts.hasOwnProperty('content_html')) {
+                posts.content_html = fancify(posts.content_html);
             }
+
             return posts;
         });
     },
diff --git a/core/ghost.js b/core/ghost.js
index 9be4d0b467..59c999e1d7 100644
--- a/core/ghost.js
+++ b/core/ghost.js
@@ -234,7 +234,12 @@ Ghost.prototype.doFilter = function (name, args, callback) {
 
         // Call each handler for this priority level
         _.each(callbacks[priority], function (filterHandler) {
-            args = filterHandler(args);
+            try {
+                args = filterHandler(args);
+            } catch (e) {
+                // If a filter causes an error, we log it so that it can be debugged, but do not throw the error
+                errors.logError(e);
+            }
         });
     });