diff --git a/include/socgraph.php b/include/socgraph.php
index c1648fbbfa..889d16ee65 100644
--- a/include/socgraph.php
+++ b/include/socgraph.php
@@ -174,8 +174,6 @@ function poco_check($profile_url, $name, $network, $profile_photo, $about, $loca
 
 	$gcid = "";
 
-	$alternate = poco_alternate_ostatus_url($profile_url);
-
 	if ($profile_url == "")
 		return $gcid;
 
@@ -187,13 +185,19 @@ function poco_check($profile_url, $name, $network, $profile_photo, $about, $loca
 						"identi.ca", "alpha.app.net")))
 		return $gcid;
 
-	$orig_updated = $updated;
-
 	// Don't store the statusnet connector as network
 	// We can't simply set this to NETWORK_OSTATUS since the connector could have fetched posts from friendica as well
 	if ($network == NETWORK_STATUSNET)
 		$network = "";
 
+	// Assure that there are no parameter fragments in the profile url
+	if (in_array($network, array(NETWORK_DFRN, NETWORK_DIASPORA, NETWORK_OSTATUS, "")))
+		$profile_url = clean_contact_url($profile_url);
+
+	$alternate = poco_alternate_ostatus_url($profile_url);
+
+	$orig_updated = $updated;
+
 	// The global contacts should contain the original picture, not the cached one
 	if (($generation != 1) AND stristr(normalise_link($profile_photo), normalise_link($a->get_baseurl()."/photo/")))
 		$profile_photo = "";