diff --git a/boot.php b/boot.php
index 4d4b385122..113f5d72c1 100644
--- a/boot.php
+++ b/boot.php
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <?php
 
-define ( 'FRIENDIKA_VERSION',      '2.2.1058' );
+define ( 'FRIENDIKA_VERSION',      '2.2.1059' );
 define ( 'DFRN_PROTOCOL_VERSION',  '2.21'    );
 define ( 'DB_UPDATE_VERSION',      1076      );
 
@@ -1743,10 +1743,12 @@ function fetch_xrd_links($url) {
 
 
 	$xml = fetch_url($url);
-	if (! $xml)
-		return array();
 
 	logger('fetch_xrd_links: ' . $xml, LOGGER_DATA);
+
+	if ((! $xml) || (! stristr($xml,'<xrd')))
+		return array();
+
 	$h = parse_xml_string($xml);
 	if(! $h)
 		return array();
diff --git a/include/Scrape.php b/include/Scrape.php
index 6726d0b151..9bf89a49ed 100644
--- a/include/Scrape.php
+++ b/include/Scrape.php
@@ -294,6 +294,8 @@ function probe_url($url) {
 
 	$twitter = ((strpos($url,'twitter.com') !== false) ? true : false);
 
+	$at_addr = ((strpos($url,'@') !== false) ? true : false);
+
 	if(! $twitter) {
 		$links = lrdd($url);
 
@@ -452,7 +454,7 @@ function probe_url($url) {
 				$vcard['fn'] = $vcard['nick'];
 
 	
-		if(((! isset($vcard)) && (! $poll)) || ($twitter)) {
+		if(((! isset($vcard)) && (! $poll) && (! $at_addr)) || ($twitter)) {
 
 			$feedret = scrape_feed($url);
 			logger('probe_url: scrape_feed returns: ' . print_r($feedret,true), LOGGER_DATA);