diff --git a/mod/hovercard.php b/mod/hovercard.php
index 2fb7b8cc7..0e8cc80f2 100644
--- a/mod/hovercard.php
+++ b/mod/hovercard.php
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ function hovercard_content()
 	// the contact. So we strip out the contact id from the internal url and look in the contact table for
 	// the real url (nurl)
 	$cid = 0;
-	if (local_user() && strpos($profileurl, 'redir/') === 0) {
+	if (strpos($profileurl, 'redir/') === 0) {
 		$cid = intval(substr($profileurl, 6));
 		$remote_contact = dba::selectFirst('contact', ['nurl'], ['id' => $cid]);
 		$profileurl = defaults($remote_contact, 'nurl', '');
diff --git a/src/Model/Profile.php b/src/Model/Profile.php
index 31d9fe846..2e70af4d5 100644
--- a/src/Model/Profile.php
+++ b/src/Model/Profile.php
@@ -1081,6 +1081,7 @@ class Profile
 		$_SESSION['visitor_id'] = $visitor['id'];
 		$_SESSION['visitor_handle'] = $visitor['addr'];
 		$_SESSION['visitor_home'] = $visitor['url'];
+		$_SESSION['my_url'] = $visitor['url'];
 
 		$arr = [
 			'visitor' => $visitor,