diff --git a/src/Database/PostUpdate.php b/src/Database/PostUpdate.php
index a3b967d3b..de584238d 100644
--- a/src/Database/PostUpdate.php
+++ b/src/Database/PostUpdate.php
@@ -831,7 +831,7 @@ class PostUpdate
 	}
 
 	/**
-	 * update the "vid" (verb) field in the item table 
+	 * update the "vid" (verb) field in the item table
 	 *
 	 * @return bool "true" when the job is done
 	 * @throws \Friendica\Network\HTTPException\InternalServerErrorException
@@ -851,10 +851,10 @@ class PostUpdate
 		$start_id = $id;
 		$rows = 0;
 
-		$items = DBA::p("SELECT `item`.`id`, `item`.`vid`, `item`.`verb` AS `item-verb`, `item-content`.`verb`, `item-activity`.`activity`
+		$items = DBA::p("SELECT `item`.`id`, `item`.`verb` AS `item-verb`, `item-content`.`verb`, `item-activity`.`activity`
 			FROM `item` LEFT JOIN `item-content` ON `item-content`.`uri-id` = `item`.`uri-id`
 			LEFT JOIN `item-activity` ON `item-activity`.`uri-id` = `item`.`uri-id` AND `item`.`gravity` = ?
-			WHERE `item`.`id` >= ? ORDER BY `item`.`id` LIMIT 10000", GRAVITY_ACTIVITY, $id);
+			WHERE `item`.`id` >= ? AND `item`.`vid` IS NULL ORDER BY `item`.`id` LIMIT 10000", GRAVITY_ACTIVITY, $id);
 
 		if (DBA::errorNo() != 0) {
 			Logger::error('Database error', ['no' => DBA::errorNo(), 'message' => DBA::errorMessage()]);
diff --git a/src/Model/Item.php b/src/Model/Item.php
index b4d22055b..7a965f80b 100644
--- a/src/Model/Item.php
+++ b/src/Model/Item.php
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ class Item
 		'event-id', 'event-created', 'event-edited', 'event-start', 'event-finish',
 		'event-summary', 'event-desc', 'event-location', 'event-type',
 		'event-nofinish', 'event-adjust', 'event-ignore', 'event-id',
-		'delivery_queue_count', 'delivery_queue_done', 'delivery_queue_failed', 'activity'
+		'delivery_queue_count', 'delivery_queue_done', 'delivery_queue_failed'
 	];
 
 	// Field list that is used to deliver items via the protocols
@@ -285,6 +285,10 @@ class Item
 			}
 		}
 
+		if (array_key_exists('vid', $row) && is_null($row['vid']) && !empty($row['verb'])) {
+			$row['vid'] = Verb::getID($row['verb']);
+		}
+			
 		if (!array_key_exists('verb', $row) || in_array($row['verb'], ['', Activity::POST, Activity::SHARE])) {
 			// Build the file string out of the term entries
 			if (array_key_exists('file', $row) && empty($row['file'])) {
@@ -1777,7 +1781,7 @@ class Item
 
 		// Check for hashtags in the body and repair or add hashtag links
 		self::setHashtags($item);
-		
+
 		// Fill the cache field
 		self::putInCache($item);
 
@@ -1796,12 +1800,14 @@ class Item
 		}
 
 		$body = $item['body'];
-		
+
 		// We just remove everything that is content
 		foreach (array_merge(self::CONTENT_FIELDLIST, self::MIXED_CONTENT_FIELDLIST) as $field) {
 			unset($item[$field]);
 		}
 
+		unset($item['activity']);
+
 		// Filling item related side tables
 
 		// Diaspora signature