diff --git a/combo/utils/urls.py b/combo/utils/urls.py
index 10703e9f..b0c17c43 100644
--- a/combo/utils/urls.py
+++ b/combo/utils/urls.py
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ def get_templated_url(url, context=None):
         except VariableDoesNotExist as e:
             raise TemplateError(e.msg, e.params)
         except TemplateSyntaxError:
-            raise TemplateError('syntax error')
+            return 'TEMPLATE ERROR'
     # ezt-like template
     def repl(matchobj):
         varname = matchobj.group(0)[1:-1]
diff --git a/tests/test_pages.py b/tests/test_pages.py
index b8f40a9f..2adfbdb7 100644
--- a/tests/test_pages.py
+++ b/tests/test_pages.py
@@ -296,3 +296,13 @@ def test_render(app):
     response = app.get(page.get_online_url())
     assert '<meta name="description" content="page description" />' in response.text
     assert '<title>Combo - foo</title>' in response.text
+
+def test_render_cell_having_href_template_error(app):
+    page = Page(title=u'foo', slug='foo', template_name='standard-sidebar', order=0, description="page description")
+    page.save()
+    cell = TextCell(page=page,
+                    text='<a href="{{e-service_url}}backoffice/...">link</a>',
+                    order=0, placeholder='content')
+    cell.save()
+    response = app.get(page.get_online_url())
+    assert '<a href="TEMPLATE ERROR">link</a>' in response.text
diff --git a/tests/test_utils.py b/tests/test_utils.py
index 422b9a88..93836700 100644
--- a/tests/test_utils.py
+++ b/tests/test_utils.py
@@ -131,8 +131,7 @@ def test_templated_url():
     assert get_templated_url('{{ foo.0.bar }}{{ foo.0.zoo }}', context={'foo': [{'bar': 'ok'}, 'ko']}) == 'ok'
     # catch django syntax errors in TemplateError
     for template in ('{% foobar %}', '{% if "coucou" %}', '{{}}', '{{ if "x" }}', '{{ _private }}'):
-        with pytest.raises(TemplateError, match='syntax error'):
-            assert get_templated_url(template, context=ctx) == 'bar'
+        assert get_templated_url(template, context=ctx) == 'TEMPLATE ERROR'
 
     # requestcontext
     with override_settings(TEMPLATE_VARS={'test_url': 'http://www.example.net'}):