diff --git a/include/socgraph.php b/include/socgraph.php
index 0acd2793aa..b2b84808b1 100644
--- a/include/socgraph.php
+++ b/include/socgraph.php
@@ -1535,6 +1535,7 @@ function update_gcontact($contact) {
 
 	unset($fields["url"]);
 	unset($fields["updated"]);
+	unset($fields["hide"]);
 
 	// Bugfix: We had an error in the storing of keywords which lead to the "0"
 	// This value is still transmitted via poco.
@@ -1549,6 +1550,11 @@ function update_gcontact($contact) {
 		if (!isset($contact[$field]) OR ($contact[$field] == ""))
 			$contact[$field] = $r[0][$field];
 
+	if (!isset($contact["hide"]))
+		$contact["hide"] = $r[0]["hide"];
+
+	$fields["hide"] = $r[0]["hide"];
+
 	if ($contact["network"] == NETWORK_STATUSNET)
 		$contact["network"] = NETWORK_OSTATUS;
 
diff --git a/mod/settings.php b/mod/settings.php
index c7659212bf..1a7905ef64 100644
--- a/mod/settings.php
+++ b/mod/settings.php
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 <?php
 
 require_once('include/group.php');
+require_once('include/socgraph.php');
 
 function get_theme_config_file($theme){
 	$a = get_app();
@@ -602,7 +603,7 @@ function settings_post(&$a) {
 
 
 	if($name_change) {
-		q("UPDATE `contact` SET `name` = '%s', `name-date` = '%s' WHERE `uid` = %d AND `self` = 1",
+		q("UPDATE `contact` SET `name` = '%s', `name-date` = '%s' WHERE `uid` = %d AND `self`",
 			dbesc($username),
 			dbesc(datetime_convert()),
 			intval(local_user())
@@ -617,6 +618,13 @@ function settings_post(&$a) {
 
 	}
 
+	$r = q("SELECT `url` FROM `contact` WHERE `self` AND `uid` = %d", intval(local_user()));
+	if ($r) {
+		$gcontact = array("name" => $username, "generation" => 1, "hide" => ($hidewall OR !$net_publish),
+				"network" => NETWORK_DFRN, "url" => $r[0]["url"], "updated" => datetime_convert());
+
+		update_gcontact($gcontact);
+	}
 
 	require_once('include/profile_update.php');
 	profile_change();