diff --git a/mod/notifications.php b/mod/notifications.php
index ed83de8ab2..3276e65491 100644
--- a/mod/notifications.php
+++ b/mod/notifications.php
@@ -12,9 +12,11 @@ use Friendica\Core\L10n;
 use Friendica\Core\NotificationsManager;
 use Friendica\Core\Protocol;
 use Friendica\Core\Renderer;
+use Friendica\Core\Logger;
 use Friendica\Core\System;
 use Friendica\Database\DBA;
 use Friendica\Module\Login;
+use Friendica\Model\Contact;
 
 function notifications_post(App $a)
 {
@@ -46,13 +48,14 @@ function notifications_post(App $a)
 
 		if ($_POST['submit'] == L10n::t('Discard')) {
 			DBA::delete('intro', ['id' => $intro_id]);
-
 			if (!$fid) {
-				// The check for blocked and pending is in case the friendship was already approved
-				// and we just want to get rid of the now pointless notification
+				// 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, 'blocked' => true, 'pending' => true];
-				DBA::delete('contact', $condition);
+					'self' => false, 'pending' => true, 'rel' => [0, Contact::FOLLOWER]];
+				if (DBA::exists('contact', $condition)) {
+					Contact::remove($contact_id);
+				}
 			}
 			$a->internalRedirect('notifications/intros');
 		}
diff --git a/src/Worker/CronJobs.php b/src/Worker/CronJobs.php
index 3a2c330fe5..ba48971747 100644
--- a/src/Worker/CronJobs.php
+++ b/src/Worker/CronJobs.php
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ use Friendica\Network\Probe;
 use Friendica\Protocol\PortableContact;
 use Friendica\Util\Network;
 use Friendica\Util\Proxy as ProxyUtils;
+use Friendica\Util\Strings;
 
 class CronJobs
 {
@@ -301,6 +302,15 @@ class CronJobs
 		/// - remove sign entries without item
 		/// - remove children when parent got lost
 		/// - set contact-id in item when not present
+
+		// Add intro entries for pending contacts
+		$pending_contacts = DBA::p("SELECT `uid`, `id`, `url`, `network`, `created` FROM `contact`
+			WHERE `pending` AND `rel` IN (?, ?) AND NOT EXISTS (SELECT `id` FROM `intro` WHERE `contact-id` = `contact`.`id`)", 0, Contact::FOLLOWER);
+		while ($contact = DBA::fetch($pending_contacts)) {
+			DBA::insert('intro', ['uid' => $contact['uid'], 'contact-id' => $contact['id'], 'blocked' => false,
+				'hash' => Strings::getRandomHex(), 'datetime' => $contact['created']]);
+		}
+		DBA::close($pending_contacts);
 	}
 
 	/**