diff --git a/boot.php b/boot.php
index 3fdc971b2..cdca1c11e 100644
--- a/boot.php
+++ b/boot.php
@@ -1400,7 +1400,7 @@ function contact_block() {
$o .= '
';
return $o;
}
- $r = q("SELECT * FROM `contact` WHERE `uid` = %d AND `self` = 0 ORDER BY RAND() LIMIT 24",
+ $r = q("SELECT * FROM `contact` WHERE `uid` = %d AND `self` = 0 AND `blocked` = 0 and `pending` = 0 ORDER BY RAND() LIMIT 24",
intval($a->profile['uid'])
);
if(count($r)) {