diff --git a/include/like.php b/include/like.php
index 31698658a..8b8759c2f 100644
--- a/include/like.php
+++ b/include/like.php
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ function do_like($item_id, $verb) {
 		AND (`parent` = '%s' OR `parent-uri` = '%s' OR `thr-parent` = '%s')
 		LIMIT 1",
 		intval($author_contact['id']),
-		intval($uid),
+		intval($item['uid']),
 		dbesc($item_id), dbesc($item_id), dbesc($item['uri'])
 	);
 
@@ -210,8 +210,8 @@ EOT;
 
 	$new_item = array(
 		'guid'          => get_guid(32),
-		'uri'           => item_new_uri($a->get_hostname(), $uid),
-		'uid'           => $uid,
+		'uri'           => item_new_uri($a->get_hostname(), $item['uid']),
+		'uid'           => $item['uid'],
 		'contact-id'    => $item_contact_id,
 		'type'          => 'activity',
 		'wall'          => $item['wall'],
diff --git a/src/Worker/Notifier.php b/src/Worker/Notifier.php
index 78daae275..5c86a95ef 100644
--- a/src/Worker/Notifier.php
+++ b/src/Worker/Notifier.php
@@ -154,12 +154,10 @@ class Notifier {
 				FROM `item` LEFT JOIN `sign` ON `sign`.`iid` = `item`.`id` WHERE `parent` = %d AND visible AND NOT moderated ORDER BY `id` ASC",
 				intval($parent_id)
 			);
-logger('Blubb: a-'.$item_id);
 
 			if (!count($items)) {
 				return;
 			}
-logger('Blubb: b-'.$item_id);
 
 			// avoid race condition with deleting entries
 			if ($items[0]['deleted']) {
@@ -173,13 +171,11 @@ logger('Blubb: b-'.$item_id);
 				$top_level = true;
 			}
 		}
-logger('Blubb: 0-'.$item_id.' - '.$uid);
 
 		$owner = User::getOwnerDataById($uid);
 		if (!$owner) {
 			return;
 		}
-logger('Blubb: 1-'.$item_id);
 
 		$walltowall = ($top_level && ($owner['id'] != $items[0]['contact-id']) ? true : false);
 
@@ -197,14 +193,12 @@ logger('Blubb: 1-'.$item_id);
 
 		// fill this in with a single salmon slap if applicable
 		$slap = '';
-logger('Blubb: 2-'.$item_id);
 
 		if (! ($mail || $fsuggest || $relocate)) {
 
 			$slap = OStatus::salmon($target_item, $owner);
 
 			$parent = $items[0];
-logger('Blubb: 3-'.$item_id);
 
 			$thr_parent = q("SELECT `network`, `author-link`, `owner-link` FROM `item` WHERE `uri` = '%s' AND `uid` = %d",
 				dbesc($target_item["thr-parent"]), intval($target_item["uid"]));