diff --git a/boot.php b/boot.php
index 2f2a2127f6..9f382b3022 100644
--- a/boot.php
+++ b/boot.php
@@ -8,9 +8,9 @@ require_once("include/pgettext.php");
 require_once('include/nav.php');
 
 define ( 'FRIENDIKA_PLATFORM',     'Free Friendika');
-define ( 'FRIENDIKA_VERSION',      '2.3.1133' );
+define ( 'FRIENDIKA_VERSION',      '2.3.1134' );
 define ( 'DFRN_PROTOCOL_VERSION',  '2.21'    );
-define ( 'DB_UPDATE_VERSION',      1096      );
+define ( 'DB_UPDATE_VERSION',      1097      );
 
 define ( 'EOL',                    "<br />\r\n"     );
 define ( 'ATOM_TIME',              'Y-m-d\TH:i:s\Z' );
diff --git a/database.sql b/database.sql
index 2b9be34e06..c9e239075c 100644
--- a/database.sql
+++ b/database.sql
@@ -214,6 +214,7 @@ CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `item` (
   `bookmark` tinyint(1) NOT NULL DEFAULT '0',
   `unseen` tinyint(1) NOT NULL DEFAULT '1',
   `deleted` tinyint(1) NOT NULL DEFAULT '0',
+  `origin` tinyint(1) NOT NULL DEFAULT '0',
   `last-child` tinyint(1) unsigned NOT NULL DEFAULT '1',
   PRIMARY KEY (`id`),
   KEY `guid` (`guid`),
@@ -231,6 +232,7 @@ CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `item` (
   KEY `visible` (`visible`),
   KEY `starred` (`starred`),
   KEY `deleted` (`deleted`),
+  KEY `origin`  (`origin`),
   KEY `last-child` (`last-child`),
   KEY `unseen` (`unseen`),
   FULLTEXT KEY `title` (`title`),
diff --git a/include/items.php b/include/items.php
index 36851b01f5..0c3c8b1d7a 100644
--- a/include/items.php
+++ b/include/items.php
@@ -818,18 +818,10 @@ function item_store($arr,$force_parent = false) {
 
 	// find the item we just created
 
-	$r = q("SELECT `id` FROM `item` WHERE `uri` = '%s' AND `uid` = %d ORDER BY `id` ASC LIMIT 1",
+	$r = q("SELECT `id` FROM `item` WHERE `uri` = '%s' AND `uid` = %d ORDER BY `id` ASC ",
 		$arr['uri'],           // already dbesc'd
 		intval($arr['uid'])
 	);
-	if(! count($r)) {
-		// This is not good, but perhaps we encountered a rare race/cache condition, so back off and try again. 
-		sleep(3);
-		$r = q("SELECT `id` FROM `item` WHERE `uri` = '%s' AND `uid` = %d ORDER BY `id` ASC LIMIT 1",
-			$arr['uri'],           // already dbesc'd
-			intval($arr['uid'])
-		);
-	}
 
 	if(count($r)) {
 		$current_post = $r[0]['id'];
@@ -1873,13 +1865,14 @@ function local_delivery($importer,$data) {
 
 			$r = q("select `item`.`id`, `contact`.`name`, `contact`.`url`, `contact`.`thumb` from `item` 
 				LEFT JOIN `contact` ON `contact`.`id` = `item`.`contact-id` 
-				WHERE `contact`.`self` = 1 AND `item`.`wall` = 1 AND `item`.`uri` = '%s' AND `item`.`uid` = %d LIMIT 1",
+				WHERE `contact`.`self` = 1 AND `item`.`wall` = 1 AND `item`.`uri` = '%s' AND `item`.`parent-uri` = '%s'
+				AND `item`.`uid` = %d LIMIT 1",
+				dbesc($parent_uri),
 				dbesc($parent_uri),
 				intval($importer['importer_uid'])
 			);
 			if($r && count($r)) {	
 
-
 				logger('local_delivery: received remote comment');
 				$is_like = false;
 				// remote reply to our post. Import and then notify everybody else.
@@ -2388,6 +2381,9 @@ function atom_entry($item,$type,$author,$owner,$comment = false) {
 
 	$a = get_app();
 
+	if(! $item['parent'])
+		return;
+
 	if($item['deleted'])
 		return '<at:deleted-entry ref="' . xmlify($item['uri']) . '" when="' . xmlify(datetime_convert('UTC','UTC',$item['edited'] . '+00:00',ATOM_TIME)) . '" />' . "\r\n";
 
diff --git a/include/notifier.php b/include/notifier.php
index bbddee1097..18ad070120 100644
--- a/include/notifier.php
+++ b/include/notifier.php
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ function notifier_run($argv, $argc){
 				$item['deleted'] = 1;
 		}
 
-		if((count($items) == 1) && ($items[0]['uri'] === $items[0]['parent-uri'])) {
+		if((count($items) == 1) && ($items[0]['id'] === $target_item['id']) && ($items[0]['uri'] === $items[0]['parent-uri'])) {
 			logger('notifier: top level post');
 			$top_level = true;
 		}
@@ -205,13 +205,20 @@ function notifier_run($argv, $argc){
 
 		/**
 		 *
-		 * Be VERY CAREFUL if you make any changes to the following line. Seemingly innocuous changes 
+		 * Be VERY CAREFUL if you make any changes to the following lines. Seemingly innocuous changes 
 		 * have been known to cause runaway conditions which affected several servers, along with 
 		 * permissions issues. 
 		 *
 		 */
  
+		$relay_to_owner = false;
+
 		if((! $top_level) && ($parent['wall'] == 0) && (! $expire) && (stristr($target_item['uri'],$localhost))) {
+			$relay_to_owner = true;
+		}
+
+
+		if($relay_to_owner) {
 			logger('notifier: followup', LOGGER_DEBUG);
 			// local followup to remote post
 			$followup = true;
diff --git a/update.php b/update.php
index 06bbb8b41f..ed6b9e05eb 100644
--- a/update.php
+++ b/update.php
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <?php
 
-define( 'UPDATE_VERSION' , 1096 );
+define( 'UPDATE_VERSION' , 1097 );
 
 /**
  *
@@ -795,3 +795,9 @@ function update_1094() {
 function update_1095() {
 	q("ALTER TABLE `contact` ADD `bd` DATE NOT NULL AFTER `bdyear` ");
 }
+
+function update_1096() {
+	q("ALTER TABLE `item` ADD `origin` TINYINT( 1 ) NOT NULL DEFAULT '0' AFTER `deleted` , ADD INDEX ( `origin` ) ");
+}
+
+