diff --git a/src/Model/Event.php b/src/Model/Event.php
index 924fc7eca..331a77e3f 100644
--- a/src/Model/Event.php
+++ b/src/Model/Event.php
@@ -337,12 +337,12 @@ class Event
 	public static function getItemArrayForId(int $event_id, array $item = []):array
 	{
 		if (empty($event_id)) {
-			return [];
+			return $item;
 		}
 
 		$event = DBA::selectFirst('event', [], ['id' => $event_id]);
 		if ($event['type'] != 'event') {
-			return [];
+			return $item;
 		}
 
 		if ($event['cid']) {
@@ -375,7 +375,7 @@ class Event
 		$item['allow_gid']     = $event['allow_gid'];
 		$item['deny_cid']      = $event['deny_cid'];
 		$item['deny_gid']      = $event['deny_gid'];
-		$item['private']       = intval($event['private'] ?? 0);;
+		$item['private']       = intval($event['private'] ?? 0);
 		$item['visible']       = 1;
 		$item['verb']          = Activity::POST;
 		$item['object-type']   = Activity\ObjectType::EVENT;
@@ -391,6 +391,30 @@ class Event
 		return $item;
 	}
 
+	public static function getItemArrayForImportedId(int $event_id, array $item = []):array
+	{
+		if (empty($event_id)) {
+			return $item;
+		}
+
+		$event = DBA::selectFirst('event', [], ['id' => $event_id]);
+		if ($event['type'] != 'event') {
+			return $item;
+		}
+
+		$item['post-type']     = Item::PT_EVENT;
+		$item['title']         = '';
+		$item['object-type']   = Activity\ObjectType::EVENT;
+		$item['body']          = self::getBBCode($event);
+		$item['event-id']      = $event_id;
+
+		$item['object']  = '<object><type>' . XML::escape(Activity\ObjectType::EVENT) . '</type><title></title><id>' . XML::escape($event['uri']) . '</id>';
+		$item['object'] .= '<content>' . XML::escape(self::getBBCode($event)) . '</content>';
+		$item['object'] .= '</object>' . "\n";
+
+		return $item;
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Create an array with translation strings used for events.
 	 *
diff --git a/src/Model/Item.php b/src/Model/Item.php
index 441808ea9..beb7db576 100644
--- a/src/Model/Item.php
+++ b/src/Model/Item.php
@@ -1039,7 +1039,7 @@ class Item
 				}
 
 				$event_id = Event::store($ev);
-				$item = Event::getItemArrayForId($event_id, $item);
+				$item = Event::getItemArrayForImportedId($event_id, $item);
 
 				Logger::info('Event was stored', ['id' => $event_id]);
 			}
diff --git a/src/Protocol/ActivityPub/Processor.php b/src/Protocol/ActivityPub/Processor.php
index d84453f73..496e73553 100644
--- a/src/Protocol/ActivityPub/Processor.php
+++ b/src/Protocol/ActivityPub/Processor.php
@@ -631,7 +631,7 @@ class Processor
 			if (($item['gravity'] != GRAVITY_ACTIVITY) && ($activity['object_type'] == 'as:Event')) {
 				$event_id = self::createEvent($activity, $item);
 
-				$item = Event::getItemArrayForId($event_id, $item);
+				$item = Event::getItemArrayForImportedId($event_id, $item);
 			}
 
 			$item_id = Item::insert($item);
diff --git a/src/Protocol/DFRN.php b/src/Protocol/DFRN.php
index 3c28aca90..832e2bde2 100644
--- a/src/Protocol/DFRN.php
+++ b/src/Protocol/DFRN.php
@@ -1978,7 +1978,7 @@ class DFRN
 					$event_id = Event::store($ev);
 					Logger::info('Event was stored', ['id' => $event_id]);
 
-					$item = Event::getItemArrayForId($event_id, $item);
+					$item = Event::getItemArrayForImportedId($event_id, $item);
 				}
 			}
 		}