diff --git a/boot.php b/boot.php
index 2a5b7a71a..5258a9d63 100644
--- a/boot.php
+++ b/boot.php
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ require_once('include/cache.php');
 define ( 'FRIENDIKA_PLATFORM',     'Friendica');
 define ( 'FRIENDIKA_VERSION',      '2.3.1152' );
 define ( 'DFRN_PROTOCOL_VERSION',  '2.22'    );
-define ( 'DB_UPDATE_VERSION',      1100      );
+define ( 'DB_UPDATE_VERSION',      1101      );
 
 define ( 'EOL',                    "<br />\r\n"     );
 define ( 'ATOM_TIME',              'Y-m-d\TH:i:s\Z' );
diff --git a/database.sql b/database.sql
index 02701b740..eeb3700ff 100644
--- a/database.sql
+++ b/database.sql
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `contact` (
   `issued-id` char(255) NOT NULL,
   `dfrn-id` char(255) NOT NULL,
   `url` char(255) NOT NULL,
+  `nurl` char(255) NOT NULL,
   `addr` char(255) NOT NULL,
   `alias` char(255) NOT NULL,
   `pubkey` text NOT NULL,
@@ -106,6 +107,7 @@ CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `contact` (
   KEY `nick` (`nick`),
   KEY `attag` (`attag`),
   KEY `url` (`url`),
+  KEY `nurl` (`nurl`),
   KEY `addr` (`addr`),
   KEY `batch` (`batch`),
   KEY `issued-id` (`issued-id`),
diff --git a/include/diaspora.php b/include/diaspora.php
index ccfa799ad..f362a3478 100644
--- a/include/diaspora.php
+++ b/include/diaspora.php
@@ -451,13 +451,14 @@ function diaspora_request($importer,$xml) {
 
 	$batch = (($ret['batch']) ? $ret['batch'] : implode('/', array_slice(explode('/',$ret['url']),0,3)) . '/receive/public');
 
-	$r = q("INSERT INTO `contact` (`uid`, `network`,`addr`,`created`,`url`,`batch`,`name`,`nick`,`photo`,`pubkey`,`notify`,`poll`,`blocked`,`priority`)
-		VALUES ( %d, '%s', '%s', '%s','%s','%s','%s','%s','%s','%s','%s','%s',%d,%d) ",
+	$r = q("INSERT INTO `contact` (`uid`, `network`,`addr`,`created`,`url`,`nurl`,`batch`,`name`,`nick`,`photo`,`pubkey`,`notify`,`poll`,`blocked`,`priority`)
+		VALUES ( %d, '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s','%s','%s','%s','%s','%s','%s','%s','%s',%d,%d) ",
 		intval($importer['uid']),
 		dbesc($ret['network']),
 		dbesc($ret['addr']),
 		datetime_convert(),
 		dbesc($ret['url']),
+		dbesc(normalise_link($ret['url'])),
 		dbesc($batch),
 		dbesc($ret['name']),
 		dbesc($ret['nick']),
diff --git a/include/items.php b/include/items.php
index 1b4b52491..ad121bbf5 100644
--- a/include/items.php
+++ b/include/items.php
@@ -2388,12 +2388,13 @@ function new_follower($importer,$contact,$datarray,$item,$sharing = false) {
 	
 		// create contact record
 
-		$r = q("INSERT INTO `contact` ( `uid`, `created`, `url`, `name`, `nick`, `photo`, `network`, `rel`, 
+		$r = q("INSERT INTO `contact` ( `uid`, `created`, `url`, `nurl`, `name`, `nick`, `photo`, `network`, `rel`, 
 			`blocked`, `readonly`, `pending`, `writable` )
-			VALUES ( %d, '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', %d, 0, 0, 1, 1 ) ",
+			VALUES ( %d, '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', %d, 0, 0, 1, 1 ) ",
 			intval($importer['uid']),
 			dbesc(datetime_convert()),
 			dbesc($url),
+			dbesc(normalise_link($url)),
 			dbesc($name),
 			dbesc($nick),
 			dbesc($photo),
diff --git a/mod/dfrn_request.php b/mod/dfrn_request.php
index af4a5aece..9755895ce 100644
--- a/mod/dfrn_request.php
+++ b/mod/dfrn_request.php
@@ -142,12 +142,13 @@ function dfrn_request_post(&$a) {
 					 * Create a contact record on our site for the other person
 					 */
 
-					$r = q("INSERT INTO `contact` ( `uid`, `created`,`url`, `name`, `nick`, `photo`, `site-pubkey`,
+					$r = q("INSERT INTO `contact` ( `uid`, `created`,`url`, `nurl`, `name`, `nick`, `photo`, `site-pubkey`,
 						`request`, `confirm`, `notify`, `poll`, `poco`, `network`, `aes_allow`) 
-						VALUES ( %d, '%s', '%s', '%s' , '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', %d)",
+						VALUES ( %d, '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s' , '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', %d)",
 						intval(local_user()),
 						datetime_convert(),
 						dbesc($dfrn_url),
+						dbesc(normalise_link($dfrn_url)),
 						$parms['fn'],
 						$parms['nick'],
 						$parms['photo'],
@@ -371,12 +372,13 @@ function dfrn_request_post(&$a) {
 
 
 				dbesc_array($parms);
-				$r = q("INSERT INTO `contact` ( `uid`, `created`, `url`, `name`, `nick`, `issued-id`, `photo`, `site-pubkey`,
+				$r = q("INSERT INTO `contact` ( `uid`, `created`, `url`, `nurl`,`name`, `nick`, `issued-id`, `photo`, `site-pubkey`,
 					`request`, `confirm`, `notify`, `poll`, `poco`, `network` )
-					VALUES ( %d, '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s' )",
+					VALUES ( %d, '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s' )",
 					intval($uid),
-					datetime_convert(),
+					dbesc(datetime_convert()),
 					$parms['url'],
+					dbesc(normalise_link($parms['url'])),
 					$parms['fn'],
 					$parms['nick'],
 					$parms['issued-id'],
diff --git a/mod/follow.php b/mod/follow.php
index 4328e7fe0..0329d1eee 100644
--- a/mod/follow.php
+++ b/mod/follow.php
@@ -100,12 +100,13 @@ function follow_post(&$a) {
 			$new_relation = CONTACT_IS_FOLLOWER;
 
 		// create contact record 
-		$r = q("INSERT INTO `contact` ( `uid`, `created`, `url`, `addr`, `alias`, `batch`, `notify`, `poll`, `poco`, `name`, `nick`, `photo`, `network`, `pubkey`, `rel`, `priority`,
+		$r = q("INSERT INTO `contact` ( `uid`, `created`, `url`, `nurl`, `addr`, `alias`, `batch`, `notify`, `poll`, `poco`, `name`, `nick`, `photo`, `network`, `pubkey`, `rel`, `priority`,
 			`writable`, `blocked`, `readonly`, `pending` )
-			VALUES ( %d, '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', %d, %d, %d, 0, 0, 0 ) ",
+			VALUES ( %d, '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', %d, %d, %d, 0, 0, 0 ) ",
 			intval(local_user()),
 			dbesc(datetime_convert()),
 			dbesc($ret['url']),
+			dbesc(normalise_link($ret['url'])),
 			dbesc($ret['addr']),
 			dbesc($ret['alias']),
 			dbesc($ret['batch']),
diff --git a/mod/register.php b/mod/register.php
index 85e1f9faa..6ebe35dbf 100644
--- a/mod/register.php
+++ b/mod/register.php
@@ -268,9 +268,9 @@ function register_post(&$a) {
 				intval($newuid));
 			return;
 		}
-		$r = q("INSERT INTO `contact` ( `uid`, `created`, `self`, `name`, `nick`, `photo`, `thumb`, `micro`, `blocked`, `pending`, `url`,
-			`request`, `notify`, `poll`, `confirm`, `name-date`, `uri-date`, `avatar-date` )
-			VALUES ( %d, '%s', 1, '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', 0, 0, '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s' ) ",
+		$r = q("INSERT INTO `contact` ( `uid`, `created`, `self`, `name`, `nick`, `photo`, `thumb`, `micro`, `blocked`, `pending`, `url`, `nurl`,
+			`request`, `notify`, `poll`, `confirm`, `poco`, `name-date`, `uri-date`, `avatar-date` )
+			VALUES ( %d, '%s', 1, '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', 0, 0, '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s' ) ",
 			intval($newuid),
 			datetime_convert(),
 			dbesc($username),
@@ -279,10 +279,12 @@ function register_post(&$a) {
 			dbesc($a->get_baseurl() . "/photo/avatar/{$newuid}.jpg"),
 			dbesc($a->get_baseurl() . "/photo/micro/{$newuid}.jpg"),
 			dbesc($a->get_baseurl() . "/profile/$nickname"),
+			dbesc(normalise_link($a->get_baseurl() . "/profile/$nickname")),
 			dbesc($a->get_baseurl() . "/dfrn_request/$nickname"),
 			dbesc($a->get_baseurl() . "/dfrn_notify/$nickname"),
 			dbesc($a->get_baseurl() . "/dfrn_poll/$nickname"),
 			dbesc($a->get_baseurl() . "/dfrn_confirm/$nickname"),
+			dbesc($a->get_baseurl() . "/poco/$nickname"),
 			dbesc(datetime_convert()),
 			dbesc(datetime_convert()),
 			dbesc(datetime_convert())
diff --git a/update.php b/update.php
index aa78c3c2e..cdadb2e38 100644
--- a/update.php
+++ b/update.php
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <?php
 
-define( 'UPDATE_VERSION' , 1100 );
+define( 'UPDATE_VERSION' , 1101 );
 
 /**
  *
@@ -846,6 +846,22 @@ function update_1099() {
 
 }
 
+function update_1100() {
+	q("ALTER TABLE `contact` ADD `nurl` CHAR( 255 ) NOT NULL AFTER `url` ");
+	q("alter table contact add index (`nurl`) ");
+
+	require_once('include/text.php');
+
+	$r = q("select id, url from contact where url != '' and nurl = '' ");
+	if(count($r)) {
+		foreach($r as $rr) {
+			q("update contact set nurl = '%s' where id = %d limit 1",
+				dbesc(normalise_link($rr['url'])),
+				intval($rr['id'])
+			); 
+		}
+	}
+}