diff --git a/include/acl_selectors.php b/include/acl_selectors.php
index 8404c8f4b6..2a435c8e74 100644
--- a/include/acl_selectors.php
+++ b/include/acl_selectors.php
@@ -615,7 +615,7 @@ function acl_lookup(App $a, $out_type = 'json') {
 		function _contact_link($i){ return dbesc($i['link']); }
 		$known_contacts = array_map(_contact_link, $contacts);
 		$unknow_contacts=array();
-		$r = q("SELECT `author-avatar`,`author-name`,`author-link`
+		$r = q("SELECT `author-avatar`,`author-name`,`author-link`, `network`
 				FROM `item` WHERE `parent` = %d
 					AND (`author-name` LIKE '%%%s%%' OR `author-link` LIKE '%%%s%%')
 					AND `author-link` NOT IN ('%s')
@@ -640,7 +640,7 @@ function acl_lookup(App $a, $out_type = 'json') {
 					'photo'   => proxy_url($row['author-avatar'], false, PROXY_SIZE_MICRO),
 					'name'    => htmlentities($row['author-name']),
 					'id'      => '',
-					'network' => 'unknown',
+					'network' => $row['network'],
 					'link'    => $row['author-link'],
 					'nick'    => htmlentities($nick),
 					'forum'   => false