diff --git a/include/discover_poco.php b/include/discover_poco.php
index 3dba1f3215..5a0ca70a47 100644
--- a/include/discover_poco.php
+++ b/include/discover_poco.php
@@ -232,7 +232,11 @@ function discover_directory($search) {
 			if ($data["network"] == NETWORK_DFRN) {
 				logger("Profile ".$jj->url." is reachable (".$search.")", LOGGER_DEBUG);
 				logger("Add profile ".$jj->url." to local directory (".$search.")", LOGGER_DEBUG);
-				poco_check($data["url"], $data["name"], $data["network"], $data["photo"], "", "", "", $jj->tags, $data["addr"], "", 0);
+
+				if ($jj->tags != "") {
+					$data["keywords"] = $jj->tags;
+				}
+				update_gcontact($data);
 			} else {
 				logger("Profile ".$jj->url." is not responding or no Friendica contact - but network ".$data["network"], LOGGER_DEBUG);
 			}
diff --git a/mod/dirfind.php b/mod/dirfind.php
index 1b19ad92c4..c5844d13df 100644
--- a/mod/dirfind.php
+++ b/mod/dirfind.php
@@ -73,9 +73,9 @@ function dirfind_content(App $a, $prefix = "") {
 			$j->results[] = $objresult;
 
 			// Add the contact to the global contacts if it isn't already in our system
-			if (($contact["cid"] == 0) AND ($contact["zid"] == 0) AND ($contact["gid"] == 0))
-				poco_check($user_data["url"], $user_data["name"], $user_data["network"], $user_data["photo"],
-					"", "", "", "", "", datetime_convert(), 0);
+			if (($contact["cid"] == 0) AND ($contact["zid"] == 0) AND ($contact["gid"] == 0)) {
+				update_gcontact($user_data);
+			}
 		} elseif ($local) {
 
 			if ($community)