diff --git a/include/Scrape.php b/include/Scrape.php
index 9913f360d6..ac95c0d5d3 100644
--- a/include/Scrape.php
+++ b/include/Scrape.php
@@ -23,13 +23,15 @@ function scrape_dfrn($url, $dont_probe = false) {
 		if (is_array($noscrapedata)) {
 			if ($noscrapedata["nick"] != "")
 				return($noscrapedata);
+			else
+				unset($noscrapedata["nick"]);
 		} else
 			$noscrapedata = array();
 	}
 
 	$s = fetch_url($url);
 
-	if(! $s)
+	if (!$s)
 		return $ret;
 
 	if (!$dont_probe) {
@@ -703,6 +705,9 @@ function probe_url($url, $mode = PROBE_NORMAL, $level = 1) {
 					if (($vcard["nick"] == "") AND ($data["header"]["author-nick"] != ""))
 						$vcard["nick"] = $data["header"]["author-nick"];
 
+					if (($network == NETWORK_OSTATUS) AND ($data["header"]["author-id"] != ""))
+						$alias = $data["header"]["author-id"];
+
 					if(!$profile AND ($data["header"]["author-link"] != "") AND !in_array($network, array("", NETWORK_FEED)))
 						$profile = $data["header"]["author-link"];
 				}
@@ -844,13 +849,17 @@ function probe_url($url, $mode = PROBE_NORMAL, $level = 1) {
 		/// The biggest problem is the avatar picture that could have a reduced image size.
 		/// It should only be updated if the existing picture isn't existing anymore.
 		if (($result['network'] != NETWORK_FEED) AND ($mode == PROBE_NORMAL) AND
-			$result["addr"] AND $result["name"] AND $result["nick"])
-			q("UPDATE `contact` SET `addr` = '%s', `alias` = '%s', `name` = '%s', `nick` = '%s',
-				`success_update` = '%s' WHERE `nurl` = '%s' AND NOT `self` AND `uid` = 0",
-				dbesc($result["addr"]),
-				dbesc($result["alias"]),
+			$result["name"] AND $result["nick"] AND $result["url"] AND $result["addr"] AND $result["poll"])
+			q("UPDATE `contact` SET `name` = '%s', `nick` = '%s', `url` = '%s', `addr` = '%s',
+					`notify` = '%s', `poll` = '%s', `alias` = '%s', `success_update` = '%s'
+				WHERE `nurl` = '%s' AND NOT `self` AND `uid` = 0",
 				dbesc($result["name"]),
 				dbesc($result["nick"]),
+				dbesc($result["url"]),
+				dbesc($result["addr"]),
+				dbesc($result["notify"]),
+				dbesc($result["poll"]),
+				dbesc($result["alias"]),
 				dbesc(datetime_convert()),
 				dbesc(normalise_link($result['url']))
 		);
diff --git a/include/cron.php b/include/cron.php
index a2482ff300..e2f4102804 100644
--- a/include/cron.php
+++ b/include/cron.php
@@ -405,6 +405,9 @@ function cron_repair_database() {
 	// This call is very "cheap" so we can do it at any time without a problem
 	q("UPDATE `item` INNER JOIN `item` AS `parent` ON `parent`.`uri` = `item`.`parent-uri` AND `parent`.`uid` = `item`.`uid` SET `item`.`parent` = `parent`.`id` WHERE `item`.`parent` = 0");
 
+	// There was an issue where the nick vanishes from the contact table
+	q("UPDATE `contact` INNER JOIN `user` ON `contact`.`uid` = `user`.`uid` SET `nick` = `nickname` WHERE `self` AND `nick`=''");
+
 	/// @todo
 	/// - remove thread entries without item
 	/// - remove sign entries without item
diff --git a/include/feed.php b/include/feed.php
index 04cfba75a6..293de3cc96 100644
--- a/include/feed.php
+++ b/include/feed.php
@@ -54,8 +54,10 @@ function feed_import($xml,$importer,&$contact, &$hub, $simulate = false) {
 				if ($attributes->name == "href")
 					$author["author-link"] = $attributes->textContent;
 
+		$author["author-id"] = $xpath->evaluate('/atom:feed/atom:author/atom:uri/text()')->item(0)->nodeValue;
+
 		if ($author["author-link"] == "")
-			$author["author-link"] = $xpath->evaluate('/atom:feed/atom:author/atom:uri/text()')->item(0)->nodeValue;
+			$author["author-link"] = $author["author-id"];
 
 		if ($author["author-link"] == "") {
 			$self = $xpath->query("atom:link[@rel='self']")->item(0)->attributes;
@@ -127,6 +129,7 @@ function feed_import($xml,$importer,&$contact, &$hub, $simulate = false) {
 
 		// This is no field in the item table. So we have to unset it.
 		unset($author["author-nick"]);
+		unset($author["author-id"]);
 	}
 
 	$header = array();
diff --git a/include/notifier.php b/include/notifier.php
index 18a617ac2f..ffbb22e7bf 100644
--- a/include/notifier.php
+++ b/include/notifier.php
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ function notifier_run(&$argv, &$argc){
 
 		$parent = $items[0];
 
-		$thr_parent = q("SELECT `network` FROM `item` WHERE `uri` = '%s' AND `uid` = %d",
+		$thr_parent = q("SELECT `network`, `author-link`, `owner-link` FROM `item` WHERE `uri` = '%s' AND `uid` = %d",
 			dbesc($target_item["thr-parent"]), intval($target_item["uid"]));
 
 		logger('Parent is '.$parent['network'].'. Thread parent is '.$thr_parent[0]['network'], LOGGER_DEBUG);
@@ -390,6 +390,20 @@ function notifier_run(&$argv, &$argc){
 
 			logger('Some parent is OStatus for '.$target_item["guid"], LOGGER_DEBUG);
 
+			// Send a salmon to the parent author
+			$probed_contact = probe_url($thr_parent[0]['author-link']);
+			if ($probed_contact["notify"] != "") {
+				logger('Notify parent author '.$probed_contact["url"].': '.$probed_contact["notify"]);
+				$url_recipients[$probed_contact["notify"]] = $probed_contact["notify"];
+			}
+
+			// Send a salmon to the parent owner
+			$probed_contact = probe_url($thr_parent[0]['owner-link']);
+			if ($probed_contact["notify"] != "") {
+				logger('Notify parent owner '.$probed_contact["url"].': '.$probed_contact["notify"]);
+				$url_recipients[$probed_contact["notify"]] = $probed_contact["notify"];
+			}
+
 			// Send a salmon notification to every person we mentioned in the post
 			$arr = explode(',',$target_item['tag']);
 			foreach($arr as $x) {
diff --git a/include/ostatus.php b/include/ostatus.php
index e31b4474da..bf14536f9e 100644
--- a/include/ostatus.php
+++ b/include/ostatus.php
@@ -44,8 +44,7 @@ class ostatus {
 		$author["author-link"] = $xpath->evaluate('atom:author/atom:uri/text()', $context)->item(0)->nodeValue;
 		$author["author-name"] = $xpath->evaluate('atom:author/atom:name/text()', $context)->item(0)->nodeValue;
 
-		// Preserve the value
-		$authorlink = $author["author-link"];
+		$aliaslink = $author["author-link"];
 
 		$alternate = $xpath->query("atom:author/atom:link[@rel='alternate']", $context)->item(0)->attributes;
 		if (is_object($alternate))
@@ -55,7 +54,7 @@ class ostatus {
 
 		$r = q("SELECT * FROM `contact` WHERE `uid` = %d AND `nurl` IN ('%s', '%s') AND `network` != '%s'",
 			intval($importer["uid"]), dbesc(normalise_link($author["author-link"])),
-			dbesc(normalise_link($authorlink)), dbesc(NETWORK_STATUSNET));
+			dbesc(normalise_link($aliaslink)), dbesc(NETWORK_STATUSNET));
 		if ($r) {
 			$contact = $r[0];
 			$author["contact-id"] = $r[0]["id"];
@@ -91,13 +90,20 @@ class ostatus {
 
 		// Only update the contacts if it is an OStatus contact
 		if ($r AND !$onlyfetch AND ($contact["network"] == NETWORK_OSTATUS)) {
+
 			// Update contact data
 
-			$value = $xpath->query("atom:link[@rel='salmon']", $context)->item(0)->nodeValue;
-			if ($value != "")
-				$contact["notify"] = $value;
+			// This query doesn't seem to work
+			// $value = $xpath->query("atom:link[@rel='salmon']", $context)->item(0)->nodeValue;
+			// if ($value != "")
+			//	$contact["notify"] = $value;
 
-			$value = $xpath->evaluate('atom:author/uri/text()', $context)->item(0)->nodeValue;
+			// This query doesn't seem to work as well - I hate these queries
+			// $value = $xpath->query("atom:link[@rel='self' and @type='application/atom+xml']", $context)->item(0)->nodeValue;
+			// if ($value != "")
+			//	$contact["poll"] = $value;
+
+			$value = $xpath->evaluate('atom:author/atom:uri/text()', $context)->item(0)->nodeValue;
 			if ($value != "")
 				$contact["alias"] = $value;
 
@@ -117,12 +123,14 @@ class ostatus {
 			if ($value != "")
 				$contact["location"] = $value;
 
-			if (($contact["name"] != $r[0]["name"]) OR ($contact["nick"] != $r[0]["nick"]) OR ($contact["about"] != $r[0]["about"]) OR ($contact["location"] != $r[0]["location"])) {
+			if (($contact["name"] != $r[0]["name"]) OR ($contact["nick"] != $r[0]["nick"]) OR ($contact["about"] != $r[0]["about"]) OR
+				($contact["alias"] != $r[0]["alias"]) OR ($contact["location"] != $r[0]["location"])) {
 
 				logger("Update contact data for contact ".$contact["id"], LOGGER_DEBUG);
 
-				q("UPDATE `contact` SET `name` = '%s', `nick` = '%s', `about` = '%s', `location` = '%s', `name-date` = '%s' WHERE `id` = %d",
-					dbesc($contact["name"]), dbesc($contact["nick"]), dbesc($contact["about"]), dbesc($contact["location"]),
+				q("UPDATE `contact` SET `name` = '%s', `nick` = '%s', `alias` = '%s', `about` = '%s', `location` = '%s', `name-date` = '%s' WHERE `id` = %d",
+					dbesc($contact["name"]), dbesc($contact["nick"]), dbesc($contact["alias"]),
+					dbesc($contact["about"]), dbesc($contact["location"]),
 					dbesc(datetime_convert()), intval($contact["id"]));
 
 				poco_check($contact["url"], $contact["name"], $contact["network"], $author["author-avatar"], $contact["about"], $contact["location"],
@@ -135,6 +143,23 @@ class ostatus {
 				update_contact_avatar($author["author-avatar"], $importer["uid"], $contact["id"]);
 			}
 
+			// Ensure that we are having this contact (with uid=0)
+			$cid = get_contact($author["author-link"], 0);
+
+			if ($cid) {
+				// Update it with the current values
+				q("UPDATE `contact` SET `url` = '%s', `name` = '%s', `nick` = '%s', `alias` = '%s',
+						`about` = '%s', `location` = '%s',
+						`success_update` = '%s', `last-update` = '%s'
+					WHERE `id` = %d",
+					dbesc($author["author-link"]), dbesc($contact["name"]), dbesc($contact["nick"]),
+					dbesc($contact["alias"]), dbesc($contact["about"]), dbesc($contact["location"]),
+					dbesc(datetime_convert()), dbesc(datetime_convert()), intval($cid));
+
+				// Update the avatar
+				update_contact_avatar($author["author-avatar"], 0, $cid);
+			}
+
 			$contact["generation"] = 2;
 			$contact["photo"] = $author["author-avatar"];
 			update_gcontact($contact);
@@ -1585,8 +1610,10 @@ class ostatus {
 
 		if (!isset($contact["poll"])) {
 			$data = probe_url($url);
-			$contact["alias"] = $data["alias"];
 			$contact["poll"] = $data["poll"];
+
+			if (!$contact["alias"])
+				$contact["alias"] = $data["alias"];
 		}
 
 		if (!isset($contact["alias"]))
diff --git a/mod/noscrape.php b/mod/noscrape.php
index 1f7105b769..4be1a740cd 100644
--- a/mod/noscrape.php
+++ b/mod/noscrape.php
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ function noscrape_init(&$a) {
 	$json_info = array(
 		'fn' => $a->profile['name'],
 		'addr' => $a->profile['addr'],
-		'nick' => $a->user['nickname'],
+		'nick' => $which,
 		'key' => $a->profile['pubkey'],
 		'homepage' => $a->get_baseurl()."/profile/{$which}",
 		'comm' => (x($a->profile,'page-flags')) && ($a->profile['page-flags'] == PAGE_COMMUNITY),