diff --git a/boot.php b/boot.php
index aa40c17111..66d4bc124b 100644
--- a/boot.php
+++ b/boot.php
@@ -1603,9 +1603,15 @@ function lrdd($uri) {
 if(! function_exists('fetch_lrdd_template')) {
 function fetch_lrdd_template($host) {
 	$tpl = '';
-	$url = 'http://' . $host . '/.well-known/host-meta' ;
-	$links = fetch_xrd_links($url);
-logger('template: ' . print_r($links,true));
+
+	$url1 = 'https://' . $host . '/.well-known/host-meta' ;
+	$url2 = 'http://' . $host . '/.well-known/host-meta' ;
+	$links = fetch_xrd_links($url1);
+	logger('template (https): ' . print_r($links,true));
+	if(! count($links)) {
+		$links = fetch_xrd_links($url2);
+		logger('template (http): ' . print_r($links,true));
+	}
 	if(count($links)) {
 		foreach($links as $link)
 			if($link['@attributes']['rel'] && $link['@attributes']['rel'] === 'lrdd')
diff --git a/include/items.php b/include/items.php
index 0516593218..6900c5920b 100644
--- a/include/items.php
+++ b/include/items.php
@@ -905,6 +905,8 @@ function consume_feed($xml,$importer,&$contact, &$hub, $datedir = 0) {
 
 	require_once('simplepie/simplepie.inc');
 
+	if(! $contact)
+		logger('consume feed: anonymous');
 	$feed = new SimplePie();
 	$feed->set_raw_data($xml);
 	if($datedir)
diff --git a/mod/follow.php b/mod/follow.php
index 689ae82329..4ce3ccb82c 100644
--- a/mod/follow.php
+++ b/mod/follow.php
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ function follow_post(&$a) {
 	}
 
 	$url = $orig_url = notags(trim($_POST['url']));
-	
+	$diaspora = false;	
 	$email_conversant = false;
 
 	if($url) {
@@ -28,6 +28,9 @@ function follow_post(&$a) {
 					$hcard = unamp($link['@attributes']['href']);
 				if($link['@attributes']['rel'] === 'http://webfinger.net/rel/profile-page')
 					$profile = unamp($link['@attributes']['href']);
+				if($link['@attributes']['rel'] === 'http://joindiaspora.com/seed_location')
+					$diaspora = true;
+
 
 			}
 
@@ -90,9 +93,12 @@ function follow_post(&$a) {
 		}
 	}
 
-	if(! $profile)
-		$profile = $url;
-
+	if(! $profile) {
+		if($diaspora)
+			$profile = $hcard;
+		else
+			$profile = $url;
+	}
 
 	if(! x($vcard,'fn'))
 		if(x($vcard,'nick'))