diff --git a/mod/notifications.php b/mod/notifications.php
index ac642122c2..3276e65491 100644
--- a/mod/notifications.php
+++ b/mod/notifications.php
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ function notifications_post(App $a)
 				// The check for pending is in case the friendship was already approved
 				// and we just want to get rid of the pending contact
 				$condition = ['id' => $contact_id, 'uid' => local_user(),
-					'self' => false, 'pending' => true, 'rel' => Contact::FOLLOWER];
+					'self' => false, 'pending' => true, 'rel' => [0, Contact::FOLLOWER]];
 				if (DBA::exists('contact', $condition)) {
 					Contact::remove($contact_id);
 				}
diff --git a/src/Worker/CronJobs.php b/src/Worker/CronJobs.php
index 32f9b64aa4..ba48971747 100644
--- a/src/Worker/CronJobs.php
+++ b/src/Worker/CronJobs.php
@@ -305,7 +305,7 @@ class CronJobs
 
 		// Add intro entries for pending contacts
 		$pending_contacts = DBA::p("SELECT `uid`, `id`, `url`, `network`, `created` FROM `contact`
-			WHERE `pending` AND `rel` = ? AND NOT EXISTS (SELECT `id` FROM `intro` WHERE `contact-id` = `contact`.`id`)", 0); //Contact::FOLLOWER);
+			WHERE `pending` AND `rel` IN (?, ?) AND NOT EXISTS (SELECT `id` FROM `intro` WHERE `contact-id` = `contact`.`id`)", 0, Contact::FOLLOWER);
 		while ($contact = DBA::fetch($pending_contacts)) {
 			DBA::insert('intro', ['uid' => $contact['uid'], 'contact-id' => $contact['id'], 'blocked' => false,
 				'hash' => Strings::getRandomHex(), 'datetime' => $contact['created']]);