diff --git a/mod/update_contact.php b/mod/update_contact.php
index 3f8e00b296..9681e7c179 100644
--- a/mod/update_contact.php
+++ b/mod/update_contact.php
@@ -24,12 +24,19 @@
 use Friendica\App;
 use Friendica\Core\System;
 use Friendica\DI;
+use Friendica\Model\Item;
 use Friendica\Module\Contact;
 
 function update_contact_content(App $a)
 {
 	if (!empty($a->argv[1]) && (!empty($_GET['force']) || !DI::pConfig()->get(local_user(), 'system', 'no_auto_update'))) {
-		$text = Contact::getConversationsHMTL($a, $a->argv[1], true, ($_GET['item'] ?? 0));
+		if (!empty($_GET['item'])) {
+			$item = Item::selectFirst(['parent'], ['id' => $_GET['item']]);
+			$parentid = $item['parent'] ?? 0;
+		} else {
+			$parentid = 0;
+		}
+		$text = Contact::getConversationsHMTL($a, $a->argv[1], true, $parentid);
 	} else {
 		$text = '';
 	}
diff --git a/mod/update_network.php b/mod/update_network.php
index aafc0e22f4..4610a30936 100644
--- a/mod/update_network.php
+++ b/mod/update_network.php
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 use Friendica\App;
 use Friendica\Core\System;
 use Friendica\DI;
+use Friendica\Model\Item;
 
 require_once "mod/network.php";
 
@@ -33,10 +34,15 @@ function update_network_content(App $a)
 	}
 
 	$profile_uid = intval($_GET['p']);
-	$parent = intval($_GET['item']);
 
 	if (!DI::pConfig()->get($profile_uid, "system", "no_auto_update") || ($_GET["force"] == 1)) {
-		$text = network_content($a, $profile_uid, $parent);
+		if (!empty($_GET['item'])) {
+			$item = Item::selectFirst(['parent'], ['id' => $_GET['item']]);
+			$parentid = $item['parent'] ?? 0;
+		} else {
+			$parentid = 0;
+		}
+		$text = network_content($a, $profile_uid, $parentid);
 	} else {
 		$text = "";
 	}
diff --git a/src/Module/Conversation/Community.php b/src/Module/Conversation/Community.php
index c8fd431ba1..ae108dd918 100644
--- a/src/Module/Conversation/Community.php
+++ b/src/Module/Conversation/Community.php
@@ -256,10 +256,16 @@ class Community extends BaseModule
 			self::$itemsPerPage = DI::app()->force_max_items;
 		}
 
+		if (!empty($_GET['item'])) {
+			$item = Item::selectFirst(['parent'], ['id' => $_GET['item']]);
+			self::$item_id = $item['parent'] ?? 0;
+		} else {
+			self::$item_id = 0;
+		}
+
 		self::$since_id = $_GET['since_id'] ?? null;
 		self::$max_id   = $_GET['max_id']   ?? null;
 		self::$max_id   = $_GET['last_commented'] ?? self::$max_id;
-		self::$item_id  = $_GET['item'] ?? null;
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -344,7 +350,7 @@ class Community extends BaseModule
 			return [];
 		}
 
-		if (isset($item_id)) {
+		if (!empty($item_id)) {
 			$condition[0] .= " AND `iid` = ?";
 			$condition[] = $item_id;
 		} else {