diff --git a/boot.php b/boot.php
index 73aa4df635..0704c23052 100644
--- a/boot.php
+++ b/boot.php
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ set_time_limit(0);
 ini_set('pcre.backtrack_limit', 250000);
 
 
-define ( 'FRIENDIKA_VERSION',      '2.2.986' );
+define ( 'FRIENDIKA_VERSION',      '2.2.987' );
 define ( 'DFRN_PROTOCOL_VERSION',  '2.21'    );
 define ( 'DB_UPDATE_VERSION',      1054      );
 
diff --git a/mod/follow.php b/mod/follow.php
index 5f4ac1df03..6786e9039b 100644
--- a/mod/follow.php
+++ b/mod/follow.php
@@ -12,6 +12,10 @@ function follow_post(&$a) {
 
 	$url = $orig_url = notags(trim($_POST['url']));
 
+	// remove ajax junk
+
+	$url = str_replace('/#!/','/',$url);
+
 	if(! allowed_url($url)) {
 		notice( t('Disallowed profile URL.') . EOL);
 		goaway($_SESSION['return_url']);