diff --git a/database.sql b/database.sql
index 9dc0bcb187..cca1163145 100644
--- a/database.sql
+++ b/database.sql
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 -- ------------------------------------------
 -- Friendica 2018.08-dev (The Tazmans Flax-lily)
--- DB_UPDATE_VERSION 1270
+-- DB_UPDATE_VERSION 1271
 -- ------------------------------------------
 
 
@@ -477,6 +477,7 @@ CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `item` (
 	`author-name` varchar(255) NOT NULL DEFAULT '' COMMENT 'Name of the author of this item',
 	`author-link` varchar(255) NOT NULL DEFAULT '' COMMENT 'Link to the profile page of the author of this item',
 	`author-avatar` varchar(255) NOT NULL DEFAULT '' COMMENT 'Link to the avatar picture of the author of this item',
+	`icid` int unsigned COMMENT 'Id of the item-content table entry that contains the whole item content',
 	`title` varchar(255) NOT NULL DEFAULT '' COMMENT 'item title',
 	`content-warning` varchar(255) NOT NULL DEFAULT '' COMMENT '',
 	`body` mediumtext COMMENT 'item body content',
@@ -540,10 +541,33 @@ CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `item` (
 	 INDEX `contactid_verb` (`contact-id`,`verb`),
 	 INDEX `deleted_changed` (`deleted`,`changed`),
 	 INDEX `uid_wall_changed` (`uid`,`wall`,`changed`),
-	 INDEX `uid_eventid` (`uid`,`event-id`),
-	 INDEX `uid_authorlink` (`uid`,`author-link`(190)),
-	 INDEX `uid_ownerlink` (`uid`,`owner-link`(190))
-) DEFAULT COLLATE utf8mb4_general_ci COMMENT='All posts';
+	 INDEX `uid_eventid` (`uid`,`event-id`)
+) DEFAULT COLLATE utf8mb4_general_ci COMMENT='Structure for all posts';
+
+--
+-- TABLE item-content
+--
+CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `item-content` (
+	`id` int unsigned NOT NULL auto_increment,
+	`uri` varchar(255) NOT NULL DEFAULT '' COMMENT '',
+	`uri-plink-hash` char(80) NOT NULL DEFAULT '' COMMENT 'SHA-1 hash from uri and plink',
+	`title` varchar(255) NOT NULL DEFAULT '' COMMENT 'item title',
+	`content-warning` varchar(255) NOT NULL DEFAULT '' COMMENT '',
+	`body` mediumtext COMMENT 'item body content',
+	`location` varchar(255) NOT NULL DEFAULT '' COMMENT 'text location where this item originated',
+	`coord` varchar(255) NOT NULL DEFAULT '' COMMENT 'longitude/latitude pair representing location where this item originated',
+	`app` varchar(255) NOT NULL DEFAULT '' COMMENT 'application which generated this item',
+	`rendered-hash` varchar(32) NOT NULL DEFAULT '' COMMENT '',
+	`rendered-html` mediumtext COMMENT 'item.body converted to html',
+	`object-type` varchar(100) NOT NULL DEFAULT '' COMMENT 'ActivityStreams object type',
+	`object` text COMMENT 'JSON encoded object structure unless it is an implied object (normal post)',
+	`target-type` varchar(100) NOT NULL DEFAULT '' COMMENT 'ActivityStreams target type if applicable (URI)',
+	`target` text COMMENT 'JSON encoded target structure if used',
+	`plink` varchar(255) NOT NULL DEFAULT '' COMMENT 'permalink or URL to a displayable copy of the message at its source',
+	 PRIMARY KEY(`id`),
+	 UNIQUE INDEX `uri-plink-hash` (`uri-plink-hash`),
+	 INDEX `uri` (`uri`(191))
+) DEFAULT COLLATE utf8mb4_general_ci COMMENT='Content for all posts';
 
 --
 -- TABLE locks
diff --git a/mod/item.php b/mod/item.php
index 4c78af6ca1..2830cae2c9 100644
--- a/mod/item.php
+++ b/mod/item.php
@@ -93,9 +93,9 @@ function item_post(App $a) {
 
 	if ($thr_parent || $thr_parent_uri) {
 		if ($thr_parent) {
-			$parent_item = dba::selectFirst('item', [], ['id' => $thr_parent]);
+			$parent_item = Item::selectFirst([], ['id' => $thr_parent]);
 		} elseif ($thr_parent_uri) {
-			$parent_item = dba::selectFirst('item', [], ['uri' => $thr_parent_uri, 'uid' => $profile_uid]);
+			$parent_item = Item::selectFirst([], ['uri' => $thr_parent_uri, 'uid' => $profile_uid]);
 		}
 
 		// if this isn't the real parent of the conversation, find it
diff --git a/src/Database/DBStructure.php b/src/Database/DBStructure.php
index 19930b5e4c..e6bbf22094 100644
--- a/src/Database/DBStructure.php
+++ b/src/Database/DBStructure.php
@@ -1181,6 +1181,7 @@ class DBStructure
 						"author-name" => ["type" => "varchar(255)", "not null" => "1", "default" => "", "comment" => "Name of the author of this item"],
 						"author-link" => ["type" => "varchar(255)", "not null" => "1", "default" => "", "comment" => "Link to the profile page of the author of this item"],
 						"author-avatar" => ["type" => "varchar(255)", "not null" => "1", "default" => "", "comment" => "Link to the avatar picture of the author of this item"],
+						"icid" => ["type" => "int unsigned", "relation" => ["item-content" => "id"], "comment" => "Id of the item-content table entry that contains the whole item content"],
 						"title" => ["type" => "varchar(255)", "not null" => "1", "default" => "", "comment" => "item title"],
 						"content-warning" => ["type" => "varchar(255)", "not null" => "1", "default" => "", "comment" => ""],
 						"body" => ["type" => "mediumtext", "comment" => "item body content"],
@@ -1247,8 +1248,6 @@ class DBStructure
 						"deleted_changed" => ["deleted","changed"],
 						"uid_wall_changed" => ["uid","wall","changed"],
 						"uid_eventid" => ["uid","event-id"],
-						"uid_authorlink" => ["uid","author-link(190)"],
-						"uid_ownerlink" => ["uid","owner-link(190)"],
 						]
 				];
 		$database["item-content"] = [
diff --git a/src/Model/Item.php b/src/Model/Item.php
index 3936a3af47..40b42ea278 100644
--- a/src/Model/Item.php
+++ b/src/Model/Item.php
@@ -72,10 +72,10 @@ class Item extends BaseObject
 
 		// Fetch data from the item-content table whenever there is content there
 		foreach (self::CONTENT_FIELDLIST as $field) {
-			if (!empty($row['item-content-' . $field])) {
-				$row[$field] = $row['item-content-' . $field];
-				unset($row['item-content-' . $field]);
+			if (is_null($row[$field]) && !is_null($row['item-' . $field])) {
+				$row[$field] = $row['item-' . $field];
 			}
+			unset($row['item-' . $field]);
 		}
 
 		// We prefer the data from the user's contact over the public one
@@ -363,15 +363,15 @@ class Item extends BaseObject
 
 		$fields['item'] = ['id', 'uid', 'parent', 'uri', 'parent-uri', 'thr-parent', 'guid',
 			'contact-id', 'owner-id', 'author-id', 'type', 'wall', 'gravity', 'extid',
-			'created', 'edited', 'commented', 'received', 'changed',
-			'title', 'body', 'app', 'verb', 'object-type', 'object', 'target-type', 'target',
+			'created', 'edited', 'commented', 'received', 'changed', 'verb',
 			'postopts', 'plink', 'resource-id', 'event-id', 'tag', 'attach', 'inform',
-			'file', 'location', 'coord', 'allow_cid', 'allow_gid', 'deny_cid', 'deny_gid',
+			'file', 'allow_cid', 'allow_gid', 'deny_cid', 'deny_gid',
 			'private', 'pubmail', 'moderated', 'visible', 'starred', 'bookmark',
-			'unseen', 'deleted', 'origin', 'forum_mode', 'mention',
-			'rendered-hash', 'rendered-html', 'global', 'content-warning',
+			'unseen', 'deleted', 'origin', 'forum_mode', 'mention', 'global',
 			'id' => 'item_id', 'network'];
 
+		$fields['item-content'] = self::CONTENT_FIELDLIST;
+
 		$fields['author'] = ['url' => 'author-link', 'name' => 'author-name',
 			'thumb' => 'author-avatar', 'nick' => 'author-nick'];
 
@@ -462,7 +462,7 @@ class Item extends BaseObject
 		}
 
 		if (strpos($sql_commands, "`item-content`.") !== false) {
-			$joins .= " LEFT JOIN `item-content` ON `item-content`.`uri` = `item`.`uri`";
+			$joins .= " LEFT JOIN `item-content` ON `item-content`.`id` = `item`.`icid`";
 		}
 
 		if ((strpos($sql_commands, "`parent-item`.") !== false) || (strpos($sql_commands, "`parent-author`.") !== false)) {
@@ -491,7 +491,7 @@ class Item extends BaseObject
 			foreach ($table_fields as $field => $select) {
 				if (empty($selected) || in_array($select, $selected)) {
 					if (in_array($select, self::CONTENT_FIELDLIST)) {
-						$selection[] = "`item-content`.`".$select."` AS `item-content-" . $select . "`";
+						$selection[] = "`item`.`".$select."` AS `item-" . $select . "`";
 					}
 					if (is_int($field)) {
 						$selection[] = "`" . $table . "`.`" . $select . "`";
@@ -579,7 +579,7 @@ class Item extends BaseObject
 		$rows = dba::affected_rows();
 
 		while ($item = dba::fetch($items)) {
-			self::updateContent($content_fields, ['uri' => $item['uri']]);
+			self::updateContent($content_fields, ['id' => $item['icid']]);
 			Term::insertFromTagFieldByItemId($item['id']);
 			Term::insertFromFileFieldByItemId($item['id']);
 			self::updateThread($item['id']);
@@ -1446,11 +1446,11 @@ class Item extends BaseObject
 	 */
 	private static function insertContent(&$item)
 	{
-		logger('Insert content for URI '.$item['uri']);
-
 		$fields = ['uri' => $item['uri'], 'plink' => $item['plink'],
 			'uri-plink-hash' => hash('sha1', $item['plink']).hash('sha1', $item['uri'])];
 
+		unset($item['plink']);
+
 		foreach (self::CONTENT_FIELDLIST as $field) {
 			if (isset($item[$field])) {
 				$fields[$field] = $item[$field];
@@ -1458,7 +1458,20 @@ class Item extends BaseObject
 			}
 		}
 
-		dba::insert('item-content', $fields, true);
+		// Do we already have this content?
+		$item_content = dba::selectFirst('item-content', ['id'], ['uri' => $item['uri']]);
+		if (DBM::is_result($item_content)) {
+			$item['icid'] = $item_content['id'];
+			logger('Assigned content for URI '.$item['uri'].' ('.$item['icid'].')');
+			return;
+		}
+
+		dba::insert('item-content', $fields);
+
+		$item['icid'] = dba::lastInsertId();
+
+		logger('Insert content for URI '.$item['uri'].' ('.$item['icid'].')');
+
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -1481,7 +1494,7 @@ class Item extends BaseObject
 			return;
 		}
 
-		logger('Update content for URI '.$condition['uri']);
+		logger('Update content for id '.$condition['id']);
 
 		dba::update('item-content', $fields, $condition, true);
 	}