diff --git a/plugins/messages/app/helpers/messages_helper.rb b/plugins/messages/app/helpers/messages_helper.rb
index 2c1c830c..25e74c3e 100644
--- a/plugins/messages/app/helpers/messages_helper.rb
+++ b/plugins/messages/app/helpers/messages_helper.rb
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ module MessagesHelper
 
   def link_to_new_message(options = {})
     messages_params = options[:message_params] || nil
-    link_text = content_tag :id, nil, class: 'icon-envelope'
+    link_text = content_tag :i, nil, class: 'icon-envelope'
     link_text << " #{options[:text]}" if options[:text].present?
     link_to(link_text.html_safe, new_message_path(message: messages_params), class: 'btn',
             title: I18n.t('helpers.submit.message.create'))