diff --git a/src/Protocol/DFRN.php b/src/Protocol/DFRN.php
index 2d48fa602..2aa672ef6 100644
--- a/src/Protocol/DFRN.php
+++ b/src/Protocol/DFRN.php
@@ -2079,8 +2079,8 @@ class DFRN
 				return false;
 			}
 
-			$fields = ['title' => defaults($item["title"], ''), 'body' => defaults($item["body"], ''),
-					'tag' => defaults($item["tag"], ''), 'changed' => DateTimeFormat::utcNow(),
+			$fields = ['title' => defaults($item, 'title', ''), 'body' => defaults($item, 'body', ''),
+					'tag' => defaults($item, 'tag', ''), 'changed' => DateTimeFormat::utcNow(),
 					'edited' => DateTimeFormat::utc($item["edited"])];
 
 			$condition = ["`uri` = ? AND `uid` IN (0, ?)", $item["uri"], $importer["importer_uid"]];