diff --git a/include/api.php b/include/api.php
index 7f8e85d022..bb241039ac 100644
--- a/include/api.php
+++ b/include/api.php
@@ -6206,13 +6206,13 @@ function api_friendica_profile_show($type)
 
 	// get data of the specified profile id or all profiles of the user if not specified
 	if ($profile_id != 0) {
-		$r = Profile::select(api_user(), $profile_id);
+		$r = Profile::getById(api_user(), $profile_id);
 		// error message if specified gid is not in database
 		if (!DBA::isResult($r)) {
 			throw new BadRequestException("profile_id not available");
 		}
 	} else {
-		$r = Profile::select(api_user());
+		$r = Profile::getListByUser(api_user());
 	}
 	// loop through all returned profiles and retrieve data and users
 	$k = 0;
diff --git a/src/Model/Profile.php b/src/Model/Profile.php
index 1437068f92..f215af1af5 100644
--- a/src/Model/Profile.php
+++ b/src/Model/Profile.php
@@ -46,22 +46,32 @@ class Profile
 	}
 
 	/**
-	 * @brief Returns the profile based on a ID
+	 * @brief Returns default profile for a given user ID and ID
+	 *
+	 * @param int $uid The contact ID
+	 * @param int $id The contact owner ID
+	 * @param array $fields The selected fields
+	 *
+	 * @return array Profile data for the ID
+	 * @throws \Exception
+	 */
+	public static function getById(int $uid, int $id, array $fields = [])
+	{
+		return DBA::selectFirst('profile', $fields, ['uid' => $uid, 'id' => $id]);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @brief Returns profile data for the contact owner
 	 *
 	 * @param int $uid The User ID
-	 * @param int $id The id of the profile (optional)
 	 * @param array $fields The fields to retrieve
 	 *
 	 * @return array Array of profile data
 	 * @throws \Exception
 	 */
-	public static function select(int $uid, int $id = null, array $fields = [])
+	public static function getListByUser(int $uid, array $fields = [])
 	{
-		if (empty($id)) {
-			return DBA::selectToArray('profile', $fields, ['uid' => $uid]);
-		} else {
-			return DBA::selectFirst('profile', $fields, ['uid' => $uid, 'id' => $id]);
-		}
+		return DBA::selectToArray('profile', $fields, ['uid' => $uid]);
 	}
 
 	/**