diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index 6c99e77..1a8cc61 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Package: nflplotR
 Title: NFL Logo Plots in 'ggplot2'
-Version: 1.2.0.9001
+Version: 1.2.0.9002
 Authors@R: 
     person("Sebastian", "Carl", , "mrcaseb@gmail.com", role = c("aut", "cre"))
 Description: A set of functions to visualize National Football League
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 12a0cd9..6150faf 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 * The functions `geom_nfl_headshots()` and `gt_nfl_headshots()` better handle `NA` gsis IDs. (#48)
 * The functions `gt_nfl_logos()` and `gt_nfl_wordmarks()` now keep non team name matches to allow the user to call `gt::sub_missing()`. (#48)
+* The functions `gt_nfl_logos()` and `gt_nfl_wordmarks()` now correctly render images in gt row group labels. (#49)
 
 # nflplotR 1.2.0
 
diff --git a/R/gt_nfl.R b/R/gt_nfl.R
index ad119dc..4782201 100644
--- a/R/gt_nfl.R
+++ b/R/gt_nfl.R
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@ gt_nflplotR_image <- function(gt_object,
       uri <- get_image_uri(team_abbr = team_abbr, type = type)
       # Generate the Base64-encoded image and place it within <img> tags
       out <- paste0("<img src=\"", uri, "\" style=\"height:", height, ";\">")
+      out <- lapply(out, gt::html)
       # If the image uri returns NA we didn't find a match. We will return the
       # actual value then to allow the user to call gt::sub_missing()
       out[is.na(uri)] <- x[is.na(uri)]