diff --git a/mod/display.php b/mod/display.php
index 81ed174acc..d1bb36e438 100644
--- a/mod/display.php
+++ b/mod/display.php
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ EOT;
 
 	}
 	else {
-		$r = q("SELECT `id` FROM `item` WHERE `id` = '%s' OR `uri` = '%s' LIMIT 1",
+		$r = q("SELECT `id`,`deleted` FROM `item` WHERE `id` = '%s' OR `uri` = '%s' LIMIT 1",
 			dbesc($item_id),
 			dbesc($item_id)
 		);