diff --git a/include/Contact.php b/include/Contact.php
index 5138f276be..eeb38a5d7a 100644
--- a/include/Contact.php
+++ b/include/Contact.php
@@ -204,7 +204,8 @@ function get_contact_details_by_url($url, $uid = -1) {
 	if ($r) {
 		$profile = $r[0];
 
-		if ($profile["addr"] == "")
+		if ((($profile["addr"] == "") OR ($profile["name"] == "")) AND
+			in_array($profile["network"], array(NETWORK_DFRN, NETWORK_DIASPORA, NETWORK_OSTATUS)))
 			proc_run('php',"include/update_gcontact.php", $profile["gid"]);
 
 	} else {
diff --git a/include/socgraph.php b/include/socgraph.php
index c5aa08d086..69d3308986 100644
--- a/include/socgraph.php
+++ b/include/socgraph.php
@@ -1047,8 +1047,9 @@ function count_common_friends($uid,$cid) {
 
 	$r = q("SELECT count(*) as `total`
 		FROM `glink` INNER JOIN `gcontact` on `glink`.`gcid` = `gcontact`.`id`
-		where `glink`.`cid` = %d and `glink`.`uid` = %d
-		and `gcontact`.`nurl` in (select nurl from contact where uid = %d and self = 0 and blocked = 0 and hidden = 0 and id != %d ) ",
+		WHERE `glink`.`cid` = %d AND `glink`.`uid` = %d AND
+		((`gcontact`.`last_contact` >= `gcontact`.`last_failure`) OR (`gcontact`.`updated` >= `gcontact`.`last_failure`))
+		AND `gcontact`.`nurl` IN (select nurl from contact where uid = %d and self = 0 and blocked = 0 and hidden = 0 and id != %d ) ",
 		intval($cid),
 		intval($uid),
 		intval($uid),
@@ -1077,6 +1078,7 @@ function common_friends($uid,$cid,$start = 0,$limit=9999,$shuffle = false) {
 		WHERE `glink`.`cid` = %d and `glink`.`uid` = %d
 			AND `contact`.`uid` = %d AND `contact`.`self` = 0 AND `contact`.`blocked` = 0
 			AND `contact`.`hidden` = 0 AND `contact`.`id` != %d
+			AND ((`gcontact`.`last_contact` >= `gcontact`.`last_failure`) OR (`gcontact`.`updated` >= `gcontact`.`last_failure`))
 			$sql_extra LIMIT %d, %d",
 		intval($cid),
 		intval($uid),
@@ -1134,7 +1136,8 @@ function count_all_friends($uid,$cid) {
 
 	$r = q("SELECT count(*) as `total`
 		FROM `glink` INNER JOIN `gcontact` on `glink`.`gcid` = `gcontact`.`id`
-		where `glink`.`cid` = %d and `glink`.`uid` = %d ",
+		where `glink`.`cid` = %d and `glink`.`uid` = %d AND
+		((`gcontact`.`last_contact` >= `gcontact`.`last_failure`) OR (`gcontact`.`updated` >= `gcontact`.`last_failure`))",
 		intval($cid),
 		intval($uid)
 	);
@@ -1152,7 +1155,8 @@ function all_friends($uid,$cid,$start = 0, $limit = 80) {
 		FROM `glink`
 		INNER JOIN `gcontact` on `glink`.`gcid` = `gcontact`.`id`
 		LEFT JOIN `contact` ON `contact`.`nurl` = `gcontact`.`nurl` AND `contact`.`uid` = %d
-		WHERE `glink`.`cid` = %d AND `glink`.`uid` = %d
+		WHERE `glink`.`cid` = %d AND `glink`.`uid` = %d AND
+		((`gcontact`.`last_contact` >= `gcontact`.`last_failure`) OR (`gcontact`.`updated` >= `gcontact`.`last_failure`))
 		ORDER BY `gcontact`.`name` ASC LIMIT %d, %d ",
 		intval($uid),
 		intval($cid),
diff --git a/include/update_gcontact.php b/include/update_gcontact.php
index ce2323f187..b5ea30a0a4 100644
--- a/include/update_gcontact.php
+++ b/include/update_gcontact.php
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ function update_gcontact_run(&$argv, &$argc){
 
 	require_once('include/pidfile.php');
 	require_once('include/Scrape.php');
+	require_once("include/socgraph.php");
 
 	load_config('config');
 	load_config('system');
@@ -54,10 +55,19 @@ function update_gcontact_run(&$argv, &$argc){
 	if (!$r)
 		return;
 
+	if (!in_array($r[0]["network"], array(NETWORK_DFRN, NETWORK_DIASPORA, NETWORK_OSTATUS)))
+		return;
+
 	$data = probe_url($r[0]["url"]);
 
-	if (!in_array($data["network"], array(NETWORK_DFRN, NETWORK_DIASPORA, NETWORK_OSTATUS)))
+	if (!in_array($data["network"], array(NETWORK_DFRN, NETWORK_DIASPORA, NETWORK_OSTATUS))) {
+		if ($r[0]["server_url"] != "")
+			poco_check_server($r[0]["server_url"], $r[0]["network"]);
+
+		q("UPDATE `gcontact` SET `last_failure` = '%s' WHERE `id` = %d",
+			dbesc(datetime_convert()), intval($contact_id));
 		return;
+	}
 
 	if (($data["name"] == "") AND ($r[0]['name'] != ""))
 		$data["name"] = $r[0]['name'];
diff --git a/view/theme/vier/style.css b/view/theme/vier/style.css
index c48801d829..3f48d2ec3f 100644
--- a/view/theme/vier/style.css
+++ b/view/theme/vier/style.css
@@ -2301,6 +2301,8 @@ aside #id_password {
 .contact-entry-wrapper .contact-entry-photo-wrapper {
   float: left;
   margin-right: 10px;
+  width: 80px;
+  height: 80px;
 }
 .contact-entry-photo-wrapper {
   position: relative;