diff --git a/include/follow.php b/include/follow.php
index 287a38b6bf..6c998e1781 100644
--- a/include/follow.php
+++ b/include/follow.php
@@ -1,5 +1,48 @@
 <?php
+require_once("include/Scrape.php");
 
+function update_contact($id) {
+	/*
+	Warning: Never ever fetch the public key via probe_url and write it into the contacts.
+	This will reliably kill your communication with Friendica contacts.
+	*/
+
+	$r = q("SELECT `url`, `nurl`, `addr`, `alias`, `batch`, `notify`, `poll`, `poco`, `network` FROM `contact` WHERE `id` = %d", intval($id));
+	if (!$r)
+		return;
+
+	$ret = probe_url($r[0]["url"]);
+
+	// If probe_url fails the network code will be different
+	if ($ret["network"] != $r[0]["network"])
+		return;
+
+	$update = false;
+
+	// make sure to not overwrite existing values with blank entries
+	foreach ($ret AS $key => $val) {
+		if (isset($r[0][$key]) AND ($r[0][$key] != "") AND ($val == ""))
+			$ret[$key] = $r[0][$key];
+
+		if (isset($r[0][$key]) AND ($ret[$key] != $r[0][$key]))
+			$update = true;
+	}
+
+	if (!$update)
+		return;
+
+	q("UPDATE `contact` SET `url` = '%s', `nurl` = '%s', `addr` = '%s', `alias` = '%s', `batch` = '%s', `notify` = '%s', `poll` = '%s', `poco` = '%s' WHERE `id` = %d",
+		dbesc($ret['url']),
+		dbesc(normalise_link($ret['url'])),
+		dbesc($ret['addr']),
+		dbesc($ret['alias']),
+		dbesc($ret['batch']),
+		dbesc($ret['notify']),
+		dbesc($ret['poll']),
+		dbesc($ret['poco']),
+		intval($id)
+	);
+}
 
 //
 // Takes a $uid and a url/handle and adds a new contact
@@ -120,9 +163,10 @@ function new_contact($uid,$url,$interactive = false) {
 	// the poll url is more reliable than the profile url, as we may have
 	// indirect links or webfinger links
 
-	$r = q("SELECT * FROM `contact` WHERE `uid` = %d AND `poll` = '%s' AND `network` = '%s' LIMIT 1",
+	$r = q("SELECT * FROM `contact` WHERE `uid` = %d AND `poll` IN ('%s', '%s') AND `network` = '%s' LIMIT 1",
 		intval($uid),
 		dbesc($ret['poll']),
+		dbesc(normalise_link($ret['poll'])),
 		dbesc($ret['network'])
 	);
 
@@ -136,8 +180,8 @@ function new_contact($uid,$url,$interactive = false) {
 				intval($uid)
 			);
 		}
-	}
-	else {
+
+	} else {
 
 
 		// check service class limits
diff --git a/include/onepoll.php b/include/onepoll.php
index 7b93a9a2f0..d1f41d65f5 100644
--- a/include/onepoll.php
+++ b/include/onepoll.php
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 <?php
 
 require_once("boot.php");
+require_once("include/follow.php");
 
 function RemoveReply($subject) {
 	while (in_array(strtolower(substr($subject, 0, 3)), array("re:", "aw:")))
@@ -129,6 +130,10 @@ function onepoll_run(&$argv, &$argc){
 		: datetime_convert('UTC','UTC',$contact['last-update'], ATOM_TIME)
 	);
 
+	// Update the contact entry
+	if(($contact['network'] === NETWORK_OSTATUS) || ($contact['network'] === NETWORK_DIASPORA) || ($contact['network'] === NETWORK_DFRN))
+		update_contact($contact["id"]);
+
 	if($contact['network'] === NETWORK_DFRN) {
 
 
@@ -243,8 +248,8 @@ function onepoll_run(&$argv, &$argc){
 			$final_dfrn_id = substr($final_dfrn_id,2);
 
 		if($final_dfrn_id != $orig_id) {
-			logger('poller: ID did not decode: ' . $contact['id'] . ' orig: ' . $orig_id . ' final: ' . $final_dfrn_id);	
-			// did not decode properly - cannot trust this site 
+			logger('poller: ID did not decode: ' . $contact['id'] . ' orig: ' . $orig_id . ' final: ' . $final_dfrn_id);
+			// did not decode properly - cannot trust this site
 			return;
 		}
 
@@ -255,7 +260,7 @@ function onepoll_run(&$argv, &$argc){
 		$xml = post_url($contact['poll'],$postvars);
 
 	}
-	elseif(($contact['network'] === NETWORK_OSTATUS) 
+	elseif(($contact['network'] === NETWORK_OSTATUS)
 		|| ($contact['network'] === NETWORK_DIASPORA)
 		|| ($contact['network'] === NETWORK_FEED) ) {
 
@@ -265,7 +270,8 @@ function onepoll_run(&$argv, &$argc){
 
 		$stat_writeable = ((($contact['notify']) && ($contact['rel'] == CONTACT_IS_FOLLOWER || $contact['rel'] == CONTACT_IS_FRIEND)) ? 1 : 0);
 
-		if($contact['network'] === NETWORK_OSTATUS && get_pconfig($importer_uid,'system','ostatus_autofriend'))
+		// Contacts from OStatus are always writable
+		if($contact['network'] === NETWORK_OSTATUS)
 			$stat_writeable = 1;
 
 		if($stat_writeable != $contact['writable']) {
diff --git a/mod/receive.php b/mod/receive.php
index ee15ebe8a3..95a5101675 100644
--- a/mod/receive.php
+++ b/mod/receive.php
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ require_once('include/salmon.php');
 require_once('include/crypto.php');
 require_once('include/diaspora.php');
 
-	
+
 function receive_post(&$a) {
 
 
diff --git a/object/Item.php b/object/Item.php
index 75f99742eb..7f9762581c 100644
--- a/object/Item.php
+++ b/object/Item.php
@@ -308,7 +308,6 @@ class Item extends BaseObject {
 		if (($item["item_network"] == NETWORK_FACEBOOK) AND ($indent == 'comment') AND isset($buttons["like"]))
 			unset($buttons["like"]);
 
-
 		$tmp_item = array(
 			'template' => $this->get_template(),