diff --git a/mod/item.php b/mod/item.php
index bd4f4d9afa..504856d7d2 100644
--- a/mod/item.php
+++ b/mod/item.php
@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ function item_post(&$a) {
 					'$username' => $user['username'],
 					'$email' => $user['email'],
 					'$from' => $from,
-					'$display' => $a->get_baseurl() . '/display/' . $post_id,
+					'$display' => $a->get_baseurl() . '/display/' . $user['nickname'] . '/' . $post_id,
 					'$body' => strip_tags(bbcode($body))
 				));
 
@@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ function item_post(&$a) {
 					'$username' => $user['username'],
 					'$email' => $user['email'],
 					'$from' => $from,
-					'$display' => $a->get_baseurl() . '/display/' . $post_id,
+					'$display' => $a->get_baseurl() . '/display/' . $user['nickname'] . '/' . $post_id,
 					'$body' => strip_tags(bbcode($body))
 				));