diff --git a/include/discover_poco.php b/include/discover_poco.php
index 416337a2ec..2923cd01f1 100644
--- a/include/discover_poco.php
+++ b/include/discover_poco.php
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ function discover_poco_run(&$argv, &$argc) {
 	- server <poco url>: Searches for the poco server list. "poco url" is base64 encoded.
 	- update_server: Frequently check the first 250 servers for vitality.
 	- update_server_directory: Discover the given server id for their contacts
+	- poco_load: Load POCO data from a given POCO address
 	*/
 
 	if (($argc > 2) && ($argv[1] == "dirsearch")) {
@@ -30,6 +31,8 @@ function discover_poco_run(&$argv, &$argc) {
 		$mode = 5;
 	} elseif (($argc == 3) && ($argv[1] == "update_server_directory")) {
 		$mode = 6;
+	} elseif (($argc > 5) && ($argv[1] == "poco_load")) {
+		$mode = 7;
 	} elseif ($argc == 1) {
 		$search = "";
 		$mode = 0;
@@ -39,7 +42,14 @@ function discover_poco_run(&$argv, &$argc) {
 
 	logger('start '.$search);
 
-	if ($mode == 6) {
+	if ($mode == 7) {
+		if ($argc == 6) {
+			$url = base64_decode($argv[5]);
+		} else {
+			$url = '';
+		}
+		poco_load_worker(intval($argv[2]), intval($argv[3]), intval($argv[4]), $url);
+	} elseif ($mode == 6) {
 		poco_discover_single_server(intval($argv[2]));
 	} elseif ($mode == 5) {
 		update_server();
diff --git a/include/socgraph.php b/include/socgraph.php
index c55111626f..f43ad62d08 100644
--- a/include/socgraph.php
+++ b/include/socgraph.php
@@ -14,8 +14,13 @@ require_once("include/html2bbcode.php");
 require_once("include/Contact.php");
 require_once("include/Photo.php");
 
-/*
- * poco_load
+/**
+ * @brief Fetch POCO data
+ *
+ * @param integer $cid Contact ID
+ * @param integer $uid User ID
+ * @param integer $zcid Global Contact ID
+ * @param integer $url POCO address that should be polled
  *
  * Given a contact-id (minimum), load the PortableContacts friend list for that contact,
  * and add the entries to the gcontact (Global Contact) table, or update existing entries
@@ -27,12 +32,21 @@ require_once("include/Photo.php");
  * pointing to the same global contact id.
  *
  */
+function poco_load($cid, $uid = 0, $zcid = 0, $url = null) {
+	// Call the function "poco_load_worker" via the worker
+	proc_run(PRIORITY_LOW, "include/discover_poco.php", "poco_load", $cid, $uid, $zcid, base64_encode($url));
+}
 
-
-
-
-function poco_load($cid,$uid = 0,$zcid = 0,$url = null) {
-
+/**
+ * @brief Fetch POCO data from the worker
+ *
+ * @param integer $cid Contact ID
+ * @param integer $uid User ID
+ * @param integer $zcid Global Contact ID
+ * @param integer $url POCO address that should be polled
+ *
+ */
+function poco_load_worker($cid, $uid, $zcid, $url) {
 	$a = get_app();
 
 	if($cid) {
@@ -1739,9 +1753,9 @@ function poco_discover($complete = false) {
 
 	$requery_days = intval(get_config("system", "poco_requery_days"));
 
-	if ($requery_days == 0)
+	if ($requery_days == 0) {
 		$requery_days = 7;
-
+	}
 	$last_update = date("c", time() - (60 * 60 * 24 * $requery_days));
 
 	$r = q("SELECT `id`, `url`, `network` FROM `gserver` WHERE `last_contact` >= `last_failure` AND `poco` != '' AND `last_poco_query` < '%s' ORDER BY RAND()", dbesc($last_update));