diff --git a/boot.php b/boot.php
index 05df15b9..696c9add 100755
--- a/boot.php
+++ b/boot.php
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ require_once('include/cache.php');
 define ( 'FRIENDICA_PLATFORM',     'Friendica');
 define ( 'FRIENDICA_VERSION',      '2.3.1241' );
 define ( 'DFRN_PROTOCOL_VERSION',  '2.22'    );
-define ( 'DB_UPDATE_VERSION',      1118      );
+define ( 'DB_UPDATE_VERSION',      1119      );
 
 define ( 'EOL',                    "<br />\r\n"     );
 define ( 'ATOM_TIME',              'Y-m-d\TH:i:s\Z' );
diff --git a/database.sql b/database.sql
index 9a2e5c8d..8abaa5a9 100755
--- a/database.sql
+++ b/database.sql
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@ CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `contact` (
   `pending` tinyint(1) NOT NULL DEFAULT '1',
   `rating` tinyint(1) NOT NULL DEFAULT '0',
   `reason` text NOT NULL,
+  `closeness` tinyint(2) NOT NULL DEFAULT '99',
   `info` mediumtext NOT NULL,
   `profile-id` int(11) NOT NULL DEFAULT '0',
   `bdyear` CHAR( 4 ) NOT NULL COMMENT 'birthday notify flag',
@@ -116,7 +117,8 @@ CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `contact` (
   KEY `blocked` (`blocked`),
   KEY `readonly` (`readonly`),
   KEY `hidden` (`hidden`),
-  KEY `pending` (`pending`)  
+  KEY `pending` (`pending`),
+  KEY `closeness` (`closeness`)  
 ) ENGINE=MyISAM  DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8;
 
 -- --------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/mod/register.php b/mod/register.php
index 89f56164..388b3e25 100755
--- a/mod/register.php
+++ b/mod/register.php
@@ -278,8 +278,8 @@ function register_post(&$a) {
 			return;
 		}
 		$r = q("INSERT INTO `contact` ( `uid`, `created`, `self`, `name`, `nick`, `photo`, `thumb`, `micro`, `blocked`, `pending`, `url`, `nurl`,
-			`request`, `notify`, `poll`, `confirm`, `poco`, `name-date`, `uri-date`, `avatar-date` )
-			VALUES ( %d, '%s', 1, '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', 0, 0, '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s' ) ",
+			`request`, `notify`, `poll`, `confirm`, `poco`, `name-date`, `uri-date`, `avatar-date`, `closeness` )
+			VALUES ( %d, '%s', 1, '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', 0, 0, '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', 0 ) ",
 			intval($newuid),
 			datetime_convert(),
 			dbesc($username),
diff --git a/update.php b/update.php
index d961f293..e0591a3b 100755
--- a/update.php
+++ b/update.php
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <?php
 
-define( 'UPDATE_VERSION' , 1118 );
+define( 'UPDATE_VERSION' , 1119 );
 
 /**
  *
@@ -1012,3 +1012,7 @@ INDEX ( `mid` )
 
 }
 
+function update_1118() {
+q("ALTER TABLE `contact` ADD `closeness` TINYINT( 2 ) NOT NULL DEFAULT '99' AFTER `reason` , ADD INDEX (`closensss`) ");
+q("update contact set closeness = 0 where self = 1");
+}