diff --git a/js/Recipe.js b/js/Recipe.js
index 7c1a0a767..c5af6c646 100755
--- a/js/Recipe.js
+++ b/js/Recipe.js
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ Recipe.ingredientOutputter = {
 		// Ordinary tiddlers are output as a <DIV>
 		for(var t=0; t<ingredient.length; t++) {
 			var tid = ingredient[t];
-			tiddlerOutput.outputTiddlerDiv(out,tid);
+			out.push(tiddlerOutput.outputTiddlerDiv(tid));
 		}
 	},
 	javascript: function(out,ingredient) {
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ Recipe.ingredientOutputter = {
 			} else {
 				tweakedTiddler = tid;
 			}
-			tiddlerOutput.outputTiddlerDiv(out,tweakedTiddler);
+			out.push(tiddlerOutput.outputTiddlerDiv(tweakedTiddler));
 		}
 	}
 };
diff --git a/js/TiddlerOutput.js b/js/TiddlerOutput.js
index aa4b52a33..eedc99fd1 100755
--- a/js/TiddlerOutput.js
+++ b/js/TiddlerOutput.js
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ tid - the tiddler to be output
 options - options:
 		omitPrecedingLineFeed - determines if a linefeed is inserted between the <PRE> tag and the text
 */
-tiddlerOutput.outputTiddlerDiv = function(out,tid) {
+tiddlerOutput.outputTiddlerDiv = function(tid) {
 	var result = [];
 	var outputAttribute = function(name,value) {
 		result.push(" " + name + "=\"" + value + "\"");
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ tiddlerOutput.outputTiddlerDiv = function(out,tid) {
 	result.push(">\n<pre>\n");
 	result.push(utils.htmlEncode(tid.fields.text));
 	result.push("</pre>\n</div>");
-	out.push(result.join(""));
+	return result.join("");
 }
 
 tiddlerOutput.stringifyTags = function(tags) {