diff --git a/boot.php b/boot.php
index 5cc77182aa..61f14d9bc0 100644
--- a/boot.php
+++ b/boot.php
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ require_once('include/nav.php');
 require_once('include/cache.php');
 
 define ( 'FRIENDICA_PLATFORM',     'Friendica');
-define ( 'FRIENDICA_VERSION',      '2.3.1199' );
+define ( 'FRIENDICA_VERSION',      '2.3.1200' );
 define ( 'DFRN_PROTOCOL_VERSION',  '2.22'    );
 define ( 'DB_UPDATE_VERSION',      1112      );
 
@@ -1036,6 +1036,8 @@ function get_birthdays() {
 	if($r && count($r)) {
 		$total = 0;
 		$now = strtotime('now');
+		$cids = array();
+
 		$istoday = false;
 		foreach($r as $rr) {
 			if(strlen($rr['name']))
@@ -1052,6 +1054,13 @@ function get_birthdays() {
 			foreach($r as $rr) {
 				if(! strlen($rr['name']))
 					continue;
+
+				// avoid duplicates
+
+				if(in_array($rr['cid'],$cids))
+					continue;
+				$cids[] = $rr['cid'];
+
 				$today = (((strtotime($rr['start'] . ' +00:00') < $now) && (strtotime($rr['finish'] . ' +00:00') > $now)) ? true : false); 
 				$sparkle = '';
 				$url = $rr['url'];
diff --git a/include/bbcode.php b/include/bbcode.php
index a8e3bed701..5218a06e85 100644
--- a/include/bbcode.php
+++ b/include/bbcode.php
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ function stripcode_br_cb($s) {
 
 function tryoembed($match){
 	$url = ((count($match)==2)?$match[1]:$match[2]);
-	logger('tryoembed: $url');
+	logger("tryoembed: $url");
 	
 	$o = oembed_fetch_url($url);
 
diff --git a/include/conversation.php b/include/conversation.php
index 0c319e802f..9cc5c258b4 100644
--- a/include/conversation.php
+++ b/include/conversation.php
@@ -294,7 +294,7 @@ function conversation(&$a, $items, $mode, $update) {
 				$arr = array('item' => $item, 'output' => $tmp_item);
 				call_hooks('display_item', $arr);
 
-				$threads[$threadsid]['id'] = $arr[$item['item_id']];
+				$threads[$threadsid]['id'] = $item['item_id'];
 				$threads[$threadsid]['html'] .= $arr['output'];
 
 			}
diff --git a/include/diaspora.php b/include/diaspora.php
index 7f1e4a8e33..fdf756610e 100644
--- a/include/diaspora.php
+++ b/include/diaspora.php
@@ -188,6 +188,13 @@ function diaspora_msg_build($msg,$user,$contact,$prvkey,$pubkey,$public = false)
 
 	logger('diaspora_msg_build: ' . $msg, LOGGER_DATA);
 
+	// without a public key nothing will work
+
+	if(! $pubkey) {
+		logger('diaspora_msg_build: pubkey missing: contact id: ' . $contact['id']);
+		return '';
+	}
+
 	$inner_aes_key = random_string(32);
 	$b_inner_aes_key = base64_encode($inner_aes_key);
 	$inner_iv = random_string(16);
@@ -1672,6 +1679,12 @@ function diaspora_profile($importer,$xml) {
 
 	$birthday = datetime_convert('UTC','UTC',$birthday,'Y-m-d');
 
+	// this is to prevent multiple birthday notifications in a single year
+	// if we already have a stored birthday and the 'm-d' part hasn't changed, preserve the entry, which will preserve the notify year
+
+	if(substr($birthday,5) === substr($contact['bd'],5))
+		$birthday = $contact['bd'];
+
 	$r = q("UPDATE `contact` SET `name` = '%s', `name-date` = '%s', `photo` = '%s', `thumb` = '%s', `micro` = '%s', `avatar-date` = '%s' , `bd` = '%s' WHERE `id` = %d AND `uid` = %d LIMIT 1",
 		dbesc($name),
 		dbesc(datetime_convert()),
diff --git a/include/socgraph.php b/include/socgraph.php
index 60bf075d3e..79d7340a4e 100644
--- a/include/socgraph.php
+++ b/include/socgraph.php
@@ -58,6 +58,9 @@ function poco_load($cid,$uid = 0,$url = null) {
 
 	logger('poco_load: json: ' . print_r($j,true),LOGGER_DATA);
 
+	if(! isset($j->entry))
+		return;
+
 	$total = 0;
 	foreach($j->entry as $entry) {
 
diff --git a/mod/profile.php b/mod/profile.php
index 642e198b79..d2f9d7e298 100644
--- a/mod/profile.php
+++ b/mod/profile.php
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ function profile_init(&$a) {
 
 	if(! $blocked) {
 		$keywords = ((x($a->profile,'pub_keywords')) ? $a->profile['pub_keywords'] : '');
-		$keywords = str_replace(array(',',' ',',,'),array(' ',',',','),$keywords);
+		$keywords = str_replace(array('#',',',' ',',,'),array('',' ',',',','),$keywords);
 		if(strlen($keywords))
 			$a->page['htmlhead'] .= '<meta name="keywords" content="' . $keywords . '" />' . "\r\n" ;
 	}
diff --git a/view/theme/purplezero/style.css b/view/theme/purplezero/style.css
index f624fadac3..f0d5b96b94 100644
--- a/view/theme/purplezero/style.css
+++ b/view/theme/purplezero/style.css
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 @import url('../duepuntozero/style.css');
 
-a, a:visited { color: #7433af; text-decoration: none; }
+a, a:link, a:visited { color: #7433af; text-decoration: none; }
 a:hover {text-decoration: underline; }