diff --git a/src/Factory/Api/Mastodon/Status.php b/src/Factory/Api/Mastodon/Status.php
index 69257d652b..42f02a725c 100644
--- a/src/Factory/Api/Mastodon/Status.php
+++ b/src/Factory/Api/Mastodon/Status.php
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ class Status extends BaseFactory
 			'thr-parent-id', 'parent-author-id', 'language', 'uri', 'plink', 'private', 'vid', 'gravity'];
 		$item = Post::selectFirst($fields, ['uri-id' => $uriId, 'uid' => [0, $uid]], ['order' => ['uid' => true]]);
 		if (!$item) {
-			throw new HTTPException\NotFoundException('Item with URI ID ' . $uriId . 'not found' . ($uid ? ' for user ' . $uid : '.'));
+			throw new HTTPException\NotFoundException('Item with URI ID ' . $uriId . ' not found' . ($uid ? ' for user ' . $uid : '.'));
 		}
 
 		$account = $this->mstdnAccountFactory->createFromContactId($item['author-id']);
diff --git a/src/Module/Api/Mastodon/Statuses/Card.php b/src/Module/Api/Mastodon/Statuses/Card.php
index 48facb2f0a..2fe4825544 100644
--- a/src/Module/Api/Mastodon/Statuses/Card.php
+++ b/src/Module/Api/Mastodon/Statuses/Card.php
@@ -23,7 +23,9 @@ namespace Friendica\Module\Api\Mastodon\Statuses;
 
 use Friendica\Core\System;
 use Friendica\DI;
+use Friendica\Model\Post;
 use Friendica\Module\BaseApi;
+use Friendica\Network\HTTPException;
 
 /**
  * @see https://docs.joinmastodon.org/methods/statuses/
@@ -42,12 +44,12 @@ class Card extends BaseApi
 			DI::mstdnError()->UnprocessableEntity();
 		}
 
-		$request = self::getRequest([
-			'limit'    => 40, // Maximum number of results to return. Defaults to 40.
-		]);
-
 		$id = $parameters['id'];
 
+		if (!Post::exists(['uri-id' => $id, 'uid' => [0, $uid]])) {
+			throw new HTTPException\NotFoundException('Item with URI ID ' . $id . ' not found' . ($uid ? ' for user ' . $uid : '.'));
+		}
+
 		$card = DI::mstdnCard()->createFromUriId($id);
 
 		System::jsonExit($card->toArray());