diff --git a/include/redir.php b/include/redir.php
index 3fbbf4c130..ba7d02993f 100644
--- a/include/redir.php
+++ b/include/redir.php
@@ -2,6 +2,11 @@
 
 function auto_redir(&$a, $contact_nick) {
 
+	// prevent looping
+
+	if(intval($_REQUEST,'redir'))
+		return;
+
 	if((! $contact_nick) || ($contact_nick === $a->user['nickname']))
 		return;
 
@@ -20,12 +25,15 @@ function auto_redir(&$a, $contact_nick) {
 		if($domain_st === false)
 			return;
 		$baseurl = substr($baseurl, $domain_st + 3);
+		$nurl = normalise_link($baseurl);
+
 
 		$r = q("SELECT id FROM contact WHERE uid = ( SELECT uid FROM user WHERE nickname = '%s' LIMIT 1 )
-		        AND nick = '%s' AND self = 0 AND url LIKE '%%%s%%' AND blocked = 0 AND pending = 0 LIMIT 1",
+		        AND nick = '%s' AND self = 0 AND ( url LIKE '%%%s%%' or nurl LIKE '%%%s%%' ) AND blocked = 0 AND pending = 0 LIMIT 1",
 			   dbesc($contact_nick),
 			   dbesc($a->user['nickname']),
-		       dbesc($baseurl)
+		       dbesc($baseurl),
+               dbesc($nurl)
 		);
 
 		if((!$r) || (! count($r)) || $r[0]['id'] == remote_user())
diff --git a/mod/dfrn_poll.php b/mod/dfrn_poll.php
index 8abe42abbb..1d3bbd4420 100644
--- a/mod/dfrn_poll.php
+++ b/mod/dfrn_poll.php
@@ -493,7 +493,7 @@ function dfrn_poll_content(&$a) {
 
 			switch($destination_url) {
 				case 'profile':
-					$dest = $a->get_baseurl() . '/profile/' . $profile . '?tab=profile';
+					$dest = $a->get_baseurl() . '/profile/' . $profile . '?f=&tab=profile';
 					break;
 				case 'photos':
 					$dest = $a->get_baseurl() . '/photos/' . $profile;
@@ -503,7 +503,7 @@ function dfrn_poll_content(&$a) {
 					$dest = $a->get_baseurl() . '/profile/' . $profile;
 					break;		
 				default:
-					$dest = $destination_url;
+					$dest = $destination_url . '?f=&redir=1';
 					break;
 			}