diff --git a/src/Model/User.php b/src/Model/User.php
index 9f3cadb376..38fe3b0ec4 100644
--- a/src/Model/User.php
+++ b/src/Model/User.php
@@ -162,14 +162,24 @@ class User
 	 * @return integer user id
 	 * @throws Exception
 	 */
-	public static function getIdForURL($url)
+	public static function getIdForURL(string $url)
 	{
-		$self = DBA::selectFirst('contact', ['uid'], ['nurl' => Strings::normaliseLink($url), 'self' => true]);
-		if (!DBA::isResult($self)) {
-			return false;
-		} else {
+		$self = Contact::selectFirst(['uid'], ['self' => true, 'nurl' => Strings::normaliseLink($url)]);
+		if (!empty($self['uid'])) {
 			return $self['uid'];
 		}
+
+		$self = Contact::selectFirst(['uid'], ['self' => true, 'addr' => $url]);
+		if (!empty($self['uid'])) {
+			return $self['uid'];
+		}
+
+		$self = Contact::selectFirst(['uid'], ['self' => true, 'alias' => [$url, Strings::normaliseLink($url)]]);
+		if (!empty($self['uid'])) {
+			return $self['uid'];
+		}
+
+		return 0;
 	}
 
 	/**
diff --git a/src/Network/Probe.php b/src/Network/Probe.php
index c841b9ce46..3524d00721 100644
--- a/src/Network/Probe.php
+++ b/src/Network/Probe.php
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ namespace Friendica\Network;
 
 use DOMDocument;
 use DomXPath;
-use Friendica\Core\Cache\Duration;
 use Friendica\Core\Hook;
 use Friendica\Core\Logger;
 use Friendica\Core\Protocol;
@@ -330,6 +329,14 @@ class Probe
 	 */
 	public static function uri($uri, $network = '', $uid = -1)
 	{
+		// Local profiles aren't probed via network
+		if (empty($network) && strpos($uri, DI::baseUrl()->getHostname())) {
+			$data = self::localProbe($uri);
+			if (!empty($data)) {
+				return $data;
+			}
+		}
+
 		if ($uid == -1) {
 			$uid = local_user();
 		}
@@ -2156,4 +2163,46 @@ class Probe
 
 		return '';
 	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Probe data from local profiles without network traffic
+	 *
+	 * @param string $url
+	 * @return array probed data
+	 */
+	private static function localProbe(string $url)
+	{
+		$uid = User::getIdForURL($url);
+		if (empty($uid)) {
+			return [];
+		}
+
+		$profile = User::getOwnerDataById($uid);
+		if (empty($profile)) {
+			return [];
+		}
+
+		$approfile = ActivityPub\Transmitter::getProfile($uid);
+		if (empty($approfile)) {
+			return [];
+		}
+
+		if (empty($profile['gsid'])) {
+			$profile['gsid'] = GServer::getID($approfile['generator']['url']);
+		}
+
+		$data = ['name' => $profile['name'], 'nick' => $profile['nick'], 'guid' => $approfile['diaspora:guid'],
+			'url' => $profile['url'], 'addr' => $profile['addr'], 'alias' => $profile['alias'],
+			'photo' => $profile['photo'], 'account-type' => $profile['contact-type'],
+			'community' => ($profile['contact-type'] == User::ACCOUNT_TYPE_COMMUNITY),
+			'keywords' => $profile['keywords'], 'location' => $profile['location'], 'about' => $profile['about'], 
+			'hide' => !$profile['net-publish'], 'batch' => '', 'notify' => $profile['notify'],
+			'poll' => $profile['poll'], 'request' => $profile['request'], 'confirm' => $profile['confirm'],
+			'subscribe' => $approfile['generator']['url'] . '/follow?url={uri}', 'poco' => $profile['poco'], 
+			'following' => $approfile['following'], 'followers' => $approfile['followers'],
+			'inbox' => $approfile['inbox'], 'outbox' => $approfile['outbox'],
+			'sharedinbox' => $approfile['endpoints']['sharedInbox'], 'network' => Protocol::DFRN, 
+			'pubkey' => $profile['upubkey'], 'baseurl' => $approfile['generator']['url'], 'gsid' => $profile['gsid']];
+		return self::rearrangeData($data);		
+	}
 }