diff --git a/lib/plates.js b/lib/plates.js
index fa869d7..95954fa 100644
--- a/lib/plates.js
+++ b/lib/plates.js
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
     attr: /([\-\w]*)=(?:["\']([\-\.\w\s\/:;&#]*)["\'])/gi,
 
     hasClass: function(str, className) {
-      return str.indexOf(className) > -1;
+      return str.split(' ').indexOf(className) > -1;
     },
 
     iterate: function(html, value, components, tagname, key) {