diff --git a/mod/ping.php b/mod/ping.php
index d1983e8036..4b972369c7 100644
--- a/mod/ping.php
+++ b/mod/ping.php
@@ -136,13 +136,9 @@ function ping_init(App $a)
 
 		$notifs = ping_get_notifications(local_user());
 
-		$condition = ["`unseen` AND `uid` = ? AND `contact-id` != ? AND (`vid` != ? OR `vid` IS NULL)",
-			local_user(), local_user(), Verb::getID(Activity::FOLLOW)];
-		$fields = ['id', 'parent', 'verb', 'author-name', 'unseen', 'author-link', 'author-avatar', 'contact-avatar',
-			'network', 'created', 'object', 'parent-author-name', 'parent-author-link', 'parent-guid', 'wall', 'activity'];
-		$params = ['order' => ['received' => true]];
-		$items = Item::selectForUser(local_user(), $fields, $condition, $params);
-
+		$condition = ["`unseen` AND `uid` = ? AND NOT `origin` AND (`vid` != ? OR `vid` IS NULL)",
+			local_user(), Verb::getID(Activity::FOLLOW)];
+		$items = Item::selectForUser(local_user(), ['wall'], $condition);
 		if (DBA::isResult($items)) {
 			$items_unseen = Item::inArray($items);
 			$arr = ['items' => $items_unseen];
@@ -156,6 +152,7 @@ function ping_init(App $a)
 				}
 			}
 		}
+		DBA::close($items);
 
 		if ($network_count) {
 			// Find out how unseen network posts are spread across groups
diff --git a/src/Database/Database.php b/src/Database/Database.php
index eaf4900509..5ef4815563 100644
--- a/src/Database/Database.php
+++ b/src/Database/Database.php
@@ -343,7 +343,7 @@ class Database
 				                                                                      $row['key'] . "\t" . $row['rows'] . "\t" . $row['Extra'] . "\t" .
 				                                                                      basename($backtrace[1]["file"]) . "\t" .
 				                                                                      $backtrace[1]["line"] . "\t" . $backtrace[2]["function"] . "\t" .
-				                                                                      substr($query, 0, 2000) . "\n", FILE_APPEND);
+				                                                                      substr($query, 0, 4000) . "\n", FILE_APPEND);
 			}
 		}
 	}
@@ -712,7 +712,7 @@ class Database
 				@file_put_contents($this->configCache->get('system', 'db_log'), DateTimeFormat::utcNow() . "\t" . $duration . "\t" .
 				                                                                basename($backtrace[1]["file"]) . "\t" .
 				                                                                $backtrace[1]["line"] . "\t" . $backtrace[2]["function"] . "\t" .
-				                                                                substr($this->replaceParameters($sql, $args), 0, 2000) . "\n", FILE_APPEND);
+				                                                                substr($this->replaceParameters($sql, $args), 0, 4000) . "\n", FILE_APPEND);
 			}
 		}
 		return $retval;
diff --git a/src/Model/Item.php b/src/Model/Item.php
index 332c734fa5..c75286b25c 100644
--- a/src/Model/Item.php
+++ b/src/Model/Item.php
@@ -2093,7 +2093,7 @@ class Item
 		DBA::close($contacts);
 
 		if (!empty($owner['alias'])) {
-			$condition = ['url' => $owner['alias'], 'rel' => [Contact::SHARING, Contact::FRIEND]];
+			$condition = ['nurl' => Strings::normaliseLink($owner['alias']), 'rel' => [Contact::SHARING, Contact::FRIEND]];
 			$contacts = DBA::select('contact', ['uid'], $condition);
 			while ($contact = DBA::fetch($contacts)) {
 				if ($contact['uid'] == 0) {
diff --git a/src/Worker/Cron.php b/src/Worker/Cron.php
index a47193334c..6749b9648d 100644
--- a/src/Worker/Cron.php
+++ b/src/Worker/Cron.php
@@ -160,7 +160,6 @@ class Cron
 		$condition = ["`network` IN (?, ?, ?, ?) AND `uid` = ? AND NOT `self` AND `last-update` < ?",
 			Protocol::ACTIVITYPUB, Protocol::DFRN, Protocol::DIASPORA, Protocol::OSTATUS, 0, $last_updated];
 
-		$total = DBA::count('contact', $condition);
 		$oldest_date = '';
 		$oldest_id = '';
 		$contacts = DBA::select('contact', ['id', 'last-update'], $condition, ['limit' => 100, 'order' => ['last-update']]);
@@ -172,7 +171,7 @@ class Cron
 			Worker::add(PRIORITY_LOW, "UpdateContact", $contact['id'], 'force');
 			++$count;
 		}
-		Logger::info('Initiated update for public contacts', ['interval' => $count, 'total' => $total, 'id' => $oldest_id, 'oldest' => $oldest_date]);
+		Logger::info('Initiated update for public contacts', ['interval' => $count, 'id' => $oldest_id, 'oldest' => $oldest_date]);
 		DBA::close($contacts);
 	}
 
diff --git a/static/dbstructure.config.php b/static/dbstructure.config.php
index bab158d036..344a21fc5d 100755
--- a/static/dbstructure.config.php
+++ b/static/dbstructure.config.php
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
 use Friendica\Database\DBA;
 
 if (!defined('DB_UPDATE_VERSION')) {
-	define('DB_UPDATE_VERSION', 1355);
+	define('DB_UPDATE_VERSION', 1356);
 }
 
 return [
@@ -198,6 +198,7 @@ return [
 			"attag_uid" => ["attag(32)", "uid"],
 			"dfrn-id" => ["dfrn-id(64)"],
 			"issued-id" => ["issued-id(64)"],
+			"network_uid_lastupdate" => ["network", "uid", "last-update"],
 			"gsid" => ["gsid"]
 		]
 	],
@@ -319,6 +320,7 @@ return [
 			"addr" => ["addr(32)"],
 			"alias" => ["alias(190)"],
 			"followers" => ["followers(190)"],
+			"baseurl" => ["baseurl(190)"],
 			"gsid" => ["gsid"]
 		]
 	],