diff --git a/boot.php b/boot.php
index 9f00d8d4b..61f14d9bc 100644
--- a/boot.php
+++ b/boot.php
@@ -1036,6 +1036,8 @@ function get_birthdays() {
 	if($r && count($r)) {
 		$total = 0;
 		$now = strtotime('now');
+		$cids = array();
+
 		$istoday = false;
 		foreach($r as $rr) {
 			if(strlen($rr['name']))
@@ -1052,6 +1054,13 @@ function get_birthdays() {
 			foreach($r as $rr) {
 				if(! strlen($rr['name']))
 					continue;
+
+				// avoid duplicates
+
+				if(in_array($rr['cid'],$cids))
+					continue;
+				$cids[] = $rr['cid'];
+
 				$today = (((strtotime($rr['start'] . ' +00:00') < $now) && (strtotime($rr['finish'] . ' +00:00') > $now)) ? true : false); 
 				$sparkle = '';
 				$url = $rr['url'];
diff --git a/include/bbcode.php b/include/bbcode.php
index a8e3bed70..5218a06e8 100644
--- a/include/bbcode.php
+++ b/include/bbcode.php
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ function stripcode_br_cb($s) {
 
 function tryoembed($match){
 	$url = ((count($match)==2)?$match[1]:$match[2]);
-	logger('tryoembed: $url');
+	logger("tryoembed: $url");
 	
 	$o = oembed_fetch_url($url);
 
diff --git a/include/diaspora.php b/include/diaspora.php
index 3ab454246..fdf756610 100644
--- a/include/diaspora.php
+++ b/include/diaspora.php
@@ -1679,6 +1679,12 @@ function diaspora_profile($importer,$xml) {
 
 	$birthday = datetime_convert('UTC','UTC',$birthday,'Y-m-d');
 
+	// this is to prevent multiple birthday notifications in a single year
+	// if we already have a stored birthday and the 'm-d' part hasn't changed, preserve the entry, which will preserve the notify year
+
+	if(substr($birthday,5) === substr($contact['bd'],5))
+		$birthday = $contact['bd'];
+
 	$r = q("UPDATE `contact` SET `name` = '%s', `name-date` = '%s', `photo` = '%s', `thumb` = '%s', `micro` = '%s', `avatar-date` = '%s' , `bd` = '%s' WHERE `id` = %d AND `uid` = %d LIMIT 1",
 		dbesc($name),
 		dbesc(datetime_convert()),