diff --git a/include/auth.php b/include/auth.php
index 973aabe654..5e454745e3 100644
--- a/include/auth.php
+++ b/include/auth.php
@@ -71,23 +71,21 @@ else {
 	}
 }
 
-// Returns an array of group names this contact is a member of.
-// Since contact-id's are unique and each "belongs" to a given user uid,
-// this array will only contain group names related to the uid of this
+// Returns an array of group id's this contact is a member of.
+// This array will only contain group id's related to the uid of this
 // DFRN contact. They are *not* neccessarily unique across the entire site. 
 
 
 if(! function_exists('init_groups_visitor')) {
 function init_groups_visitor($contact_id) {
 	$groups = array();
-	$r = q("SELECT `group_member`.`gid`, `group`.`name` 
-		FROM `group_member` LEFT JOIN `group` ON `group_member`.`gid` = `group`.`id` 
-		WHERE `group_member`.`contact-id` = %d ",
+	$r = q("SELECT `gid` FROM `group_member` 
+		WHERE `contact-id` = %d ",
 		intval($contact_id)
 	);
 	if(count($r)) {
 		foreach($r as $rr)
-			$groups[] = $rr['name'];
+			$groups[] = $rr['gid'];
 	}
 	return $groups;
 }}
diff --git a/mod/item.php b/mod/item.php
index 672084fe85..ff3f411388 100644
--- a/mod/item.php
+++ b/mod/item.php
@@ -1,12 +1,7 @@
 <?php
 
-function sanitise_intacl(&$item) {
-	$item = '<' . intval(notags(trim($item))) . '>';
-}
-
-
 function sanitise_acl(&$item) {
-	$item = '<' . notags(trim($item)) . '>';
+	$item = '<' . intval(notags(trim($item))) . '>';
 }
 
 function item_post(&$a) {
@@ -35,7 +30,7 @@ function item_post(&$a) {
 	$str_contact_allow = '';
 	$contact_allow = $_POST['contact_allow'];
 	if(is_array($contact_allow)) {
-		array_walk($contact_allow,'sanitise_intacl');
+		array_walk($contact_allow,'sanitise_acl');
 		$str_contact_allow = implode('',$contact_allow);
 	}
 
@@ -49,7 +44,7 @@ function item_post(&$a) {
 	$str_contact_deny = '';
 	$contact_deny = $_POST['contact_deny'];
 	if(is_array($contact_deny)) {
-		array_walk($contact_deny,'sanitise_intacl');
+		array_walk($contact_deny,'sanitise_acl');
 		$str_contact_deny = implode('',$contact_deny);
 	}
 
diff --git a/mod/profile.php b/mod/profile.php
index 37bf04a0c7..5a1ac06391 100644
--- a/mod/profile.php
+++ b/mod/profile.php
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ function profile_content(&$a) {
 		$gs = '<<>>'; // should be impossible to match
 		if(count($groups)) {
 			foreach($groups as $g)
-				$gs .= '|<' . dbesc($g) . '>';
+				$gs .= '|<' . intval($g) . '>';
 		} 
 		$sql_extra = sprintf(
 			" AND ( `allow_cid` = '' OR `allow_cid` REGEXP '<%d>' ) 
@@ -180,8 +180,8 @@ function profile_content(&$a) {
 
 			intval($_SESSION['visitor_id']),
 			intval($_SESSION['visitor_id']),
-			$gs,
-			$gs
+			dbesc($gs),
+			dbesc($gs)
 		);
 	}
 
diff --git a/view/acl_selectors.php b/view/acl_selectors.php
index 7a8072af6c..e5df4c65ed 100644
--- a/view/acl_selectors.php
+++ b/view/acl_selectors.php
@@ -13,12 +13,12 @@ function group_select($selname,$selclass,$preselected = false) {
 
 	if(count($r)) {
 		foreach($r as $rr) {
-			if((is_array($preselected)) && in_array($rr['name'], $preselected))
+			if((is_array($preselected)) && in_array($rr['id'], $preselected))
 				$selected = " selected=\"selected\" ";
 			else
 				$selected = '';
 
-			$o .= "<option value=\"{$rr['name']}\" $selected >{$rr['name']}</option>\r\n";
+			$o .= "<option value=\"{$rr['id']}\" $selected >{$rr['name']}</option>\r\n";
 		}
 	
 	}