diff --git a/tei2imxml.py b/tei2imxml.py
index 72e9eef..c1b6334 100755
--- a/tei2imxml.py
+++ b/tei2imxml.py
@@ -787,7 +787,7 @@ def handle_refs_default(ref):
             figure.set("id", "anotheruid")
 
             # the anchor element is used to determine whether a figure gets an id and can be numbered
-            if figure_type == "hionlycollage":
+            if figure_type == "hionlycollage" or figure_type == "hionlysub":
                 logging.debug("No anchor element for collages.")
 
             else: