diff --git a/include/items.php b/include/items.php
index 46eafdc25b..b7be27932f 100755
--- a/include/items.php
+++ b/include/items.php
@@ -835,14 +835,16 @@ function get_atom_elements($feed,$item) {
 	// Search for ostatus conversation url
 	$links = $item->feed->data["child"][SIMPLEPIE_NAMESPACE_ATOM_10]["feed"][0]["child"][SIMPLEPIE_NAMESPACE_ATOM_10]["entry"][0]["child"]["http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"]["link"];
 
-	foreach ($links as $link) {
-		$conversation = array_shift($link["attribs"]);
+	if (is_array($links)) {
+		foreach ($links as $link) {
+			$conversation = array_shift($link["attribs"]);
 
-		if ($conversation["rel"] == "ostatus:conversation") {
-			$res["ostatus_conversation"] = $conversation["href"];
-			logger('get_atom_elements: found conversation url '.$res["ostatus_conversation"]);
-		}
-	};
+			if ($conversation["rel"] == "ostatus:conversation") {
+				$res["ostatus_conversation"] = $conversation["href"];
+				logger('get_atom_elements: found conversation url '.$res["ostatus_conversation"]);
+			}
+		};
+	}
 
 	$arr = array('feed' => $feed, 'item' => $item, 'result' => $res);
 
diff --git a/mod/community.php b/mod/community.php
index e267447e41..27a9e21941 100644
--- a/mod/community.php
+++ b/mod/community.php
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ function community_content(&$a, $update = 0) {
 		`contact`.`network`, `contact`.`thumb`, `contact`.`self`, `contact`.`writable`, 
 		`contact`.`id` AS `cid`, `contact`.`uid` AS `contact-uid`,
 		`user`.`nickname`, `user`.`hidewall`
-		FROM `item` LEFT JOIN `contact` ON `contact`.`id` = `item`.`contact-id`
+		FROM `item` FORCE INDEX (`received`) LEFT JOIN `contact` ON `contact`.`id` = `item`.`contact-id`
 		LEFT JOIN `user` ON `user`.`uid` = `item`.`uid`
 		WHERE `item`.`visible` = 1 AND `item`.`deleted` = 0 and `item`.`moderated` = 0
 		AND `item`.`allow_cid` = ''  AND `item`.`allow_gid` = ''
diff --git a/mod/search.php b/mod/search.php
index 93feebdd9a..f7d235d458 100644
--- a/mod/search.php
+++ b/mod/search.php
@@ -140,9 +140,13 @@ function search_content(&$a) {
 	}*/
 
 	if($tag) {
-		$sql_extra = sprintf(" AND `term`.`term` = '%s' AND `term`.`otype` = %d AND `term`.`type` = %d",
+		//$sql_extra = sprintf(" AND `term`.`term` = '%s' AND `term`.`otype` = %d AND `term`.`type` = %d",
+		//			dbesc(protect_sprintf($search)), intval(TERM_OBJ_POST), intval(TERM_HASHTAG));
+		//$sql_table = "`term` LEFT JOIN `item` ON `item`.`id` = `term`.`oid` AND `item`.`uid` = `term`.`uid` ";
+
+		$sql_extra = sprintf(" AND EXISTS (SELECT * FROM `term` WHERE `item`.`id` = `term`.`oid` AND `item`.`uid` = `term`.`uid` AND `term`.`term` = '%s' AND `term`.`otype` = %d AND `term`.`type` = %d) GROUP BY `item`.`uri` ",
 					dbesc(protect_sprintf($search)), intval(TERM_OBJ_POST), intval(TERM_HASHTAG));
-		$sql_table = "`term` LEFT JOIN `item` ON `item`.`id` = `term`.`oid` AND `item`.`uid` = `term`.`uid` ";
+		$sql_table = "`item` FORCE INDEX (`uri`) ";
 	} else {
 		if (get_config('system','use_fulltext_engine')) {
 			$sql_extra = sprintf(" AND MATCH (`item`.`body`, `item`.`title`) AGAINST ('%s' in boolean mode) ", dbesc(protect_sprintf($search)));
@@ -178,7 +182,7 @@ function search_content(&$a) {
 	        }
 	}
 
-	$r = q("SELECT distinct(`item`.`uri`), `item`.*, `item`.`id` AS `item_id`, 
+	$r = q("SELECT `item`.`uri`, `item`.*, `item`.`id` AS `item_id`, 
 		`contact`.`name`, `contact`.`photo`, `contact`.`url`, `contact`.`alias`, `contact`.`rel`,
 		`contact`.`network`, `contact`.`thumb`, `contact`.`self`, `contact`.`writable`, 
 		`contact`.`id` AS `cid`, `contact`.`uid` AS `contact-uid`,