diff --git a/include/Probe.php b/include/Probe.php
index 2f924266cc..bed13fdf3d 100644
--- a/include/Probe.php
+++ b/include/Probe.php
@@ -793,7 +793,7 @@ class Probe {
 
 		if (sizeof($avatar)) {
 			ksort($avatar);
-			$data["photo"] = array_pop($avatar);
+			$data["photo"] = self::fix_avatar(array_pop($avatar), $data["baseurl"]);
 		}
 
 		if ($dfrn) {
@@ -964,7 +964,7 @@ class Probe {
 			$data["nick"] = $feed_data["header"]["author-nick"];
 		}
 		if ($feed_data["header"]["author-avatar"] != "") {
-			$data["photo"] = ostatus::fix_avatar($feed_data["header"]["author-avatar"], $data["url"]);
+			$data["photo"] = self::fix_avatar($feed_data["header"]["author-avatar"], $data["url"]);
 		}
 		if ($feed_data["header"]["author-id"] != "") {
 			$data["alias"] = $feed_data["header"]["author-id"];
@@ -1223,5 +1223,42 @@ class Probe {
 
 		return $data;
 	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @brief Mix two paths together to possibly fix missing parts
+	 *
+	 * @param string $avatar Path to the avatar
+	 * @param string $base Another path that is hopefully complete
+	 *
+	 * @return string fixed avatar path
+	 */
+	public static function fix_avatar($avatar, $base) {
+		$base_parts = parse_url($base);
+
+		// Remove all parts that could create a problem
+		unset($base_parts['path']);
+		unset($base_parts['query']);
+		unset($base_parts['fragment']);
+
+		$avatar_parts = parse_url($avatar);
+
+		// Now we mix them
+		$parts = array_merge($base_parts, $avatar_parts);
+
+		// And put them together again
+		$scheme   = isset($parts['scheme']) ? $parts['scheme'] . '://' : '';
+		$host     = isset($parts['host']) ? $parts['host'] : '';
+		$port     = isset($parts['port']) ? ':' . $parts['port'] : '';
+		$path     = isset($parts['path']) ? $parts['path'] : '';
+		$query    = isset($parts['query']) ? '?' . $parts['query'] : '';
+		$fragment = isset($parts['fragment']) ? '#' . $parts['fragment'] : '';
+
+		$fixed = $scheme.$host.$port.$path.$query.$fragment;
+
+		logger('Base: '.$base.' - Avatar: '.$avatar.' - Fixed: '.$fixed, LOGGER_DATA);
+
+		return $fixed;
+	}
+
 }
 ?>
diff --git a/include/diaspora.php b/include/diaspora.php
index 36aa75930d..0c3ff68da4 100644
--- a/include/diaspora.php
+++ b/include/diaspora.php
@@ -636,7 +636,7 @@ class Diaspora {
 			}
 
 		// Only some message types have signatures. So we quit here for the other types.
-		if (!in_array($type, array("comment", "message", "like"))) {
+		if (!in_array($type, array("comment", "like"))) {
 			return array("fields" => $fields, "relayed" => false);
 		}
 		// No author_signature? This is a must, so we quit.
@@ -694,7 +694,7 @@ class Diaspora {
 	 *
 	 * @return array the queried data
 	 */
-	private static function person_by_handle($handle) {
+	public static function person_by_handle($handle) {
 
 		$r = q("SELECT * FROM `fcontact` WHERE `network` = '%s' AND `addr` = '%s' LIMIT 1",
 			dbesc(NETWORK_DIASPORA),
@@ -1506,11 +1506,6 @@ class Diaspora {
 		$msg_text = unxmlify($mesg->text);
 		$msg_created_at = datetime_convert("UTC", "UTC", notags(unxmlify($mesg->created_at)));
 
-		/// @todo these fields doesn't seem to be supported by the new protocol
-		$msg_parent_guid = notags(unxmlify($mesg->parent_guid));
-		$msg_parent_author_signature = notags(unxmlify($mesg->parent_author_signature));
-		$msg_author_signature = notags(unxmlify($mesg->author_signature));
-
 		if ($msg_conversation_guid != $guid) {
 			logger("message conversation guid does not belong to the current conversation.");
 			return false;
@@ -1519,41 +1514,7 @@ class Diaspora {
 		$body = diaspora2bb($msg_text);
 		$message_uri = $msg_author.":".$msg_guid;
 
-		$author_signed_data = $msg_guid.";".$msg_parent_guid.";".$msg_text.";".unxmlify($mesg->created_at).";".$msg_author.";".$msg_conversation_guid;
-
-		$author_signature = base64_decode($msg_author_signature);
-
-		if (strcasecmp($msg_author,$msg["author"]) == 0) {
-			$person = $contact;
-			$key = $msg["key"];
-		} else {
-			$person = self::person_by_handle($msg_author);
-
-			if (is_array($person) && x($person, "pubkey")) {
-				$key = $person["pubkey"];
-			} else {
-				logger("unable to find author details");
-					return false;
-			}
-		}
-
-		if (!rsa_verify($author_signed_data, $author_signature, $key, "sha256")) {
-			logger("verification failed.");
-			return false;
-		}
-
-		if ($msg_parent_author_signature) {
-			$owner_signed_data = $msg_guid.";".$msg_parent_guid.";".$msg_text.";".unxmlify($mesg->created_at).";".$msg_author.";".$msg_conversation_guid;
-
-			$parent_author_signature = base64_decode($msg_parent_author_signature);
-
-			$key = $msg["key"];
-
-			if (!rsa_verify($owner_signed_data, $parent_author_signature, $key, "sha256")) {
-				logger("owner verification failed.");
-				return false;
-			}
-		}
+		$person = self::person_by_handle($msg_author);
 
 		$r = q("SELECT `id` FROM `mail` WHERE `uri` = '%s' LIMIT 1",
 			dbesc($message_uri)
@@ -1826,9 +1787,6 @@ class Diaspora {
 		$text = unxmlify($data->text);
 		$created_at = datetime_convert("UTC", "UTC", notags(unxmlify($data->created_at)));
 
-		/// @todo "parent_guid" doesn't seem to be part of the new protocol
-		$parent_guid = notags(unxmlify($data->parent_guid));
-
 		$contact = self::allowed_contact_by_handle($importer, $author, true);
 		if (!$contact) {
 			return false;
@@ -1882,7 +1840,7 @@ class Diaspora {
 			0,
 			1,
 			dbesc($message_uri),
-			dbesc($author.":".$parent_guid),
+			dbesc($author.":".$conversation["guid"]),
 			dbesc($created_at)
 		);
 
diff --git a/include/ostatus.php b/include/ostatus.php
index 5bd1865bd0..7644eacc09 100644
--- a/include/ostatus.php
+++ b/include/ostatus.php
@@ -29,42 +29,6 @@ class ostatus {
 	const OSTATUS_DEFAULT_POLL_TIMEFRAME = 1440; // given in minutes
 	const OSTATUS_DEFAULT_POLL_TIMEFRAME_MENTIONS = 14400; // given in minutes
 
-	/**
-	 * @brief Mix two paths together to possibly fix missing parts
-	 *
-	 * @param string $avatar Path to the avatar
-	 * @param string $base Another path that is hopefully complete
-	 *
-	 * @return string fixed avatar path
-	 */
-	public static function fix_avatar($avatar, $base) {
-		$base_parts = parse_url($base);
-
-		// Remove all parts that could create a problem
-		unset($base_parts['path']);
-		unset($base_parts['query']);
-		unset($base_parts['fragment']);
-
-		$avatar_parts = parse_url($avatar);
-
-		// Now we mix them
-		$parts = array_merge($base_parts, $avatar_parts);
-
-		// And put them together again
-		$scheme   = isset($parts['scheme']) ? $parts['scheme'] . '://' : '';
-		$host     = isset($parts['host']) ? $parts['host'] : '';
-		$port     = isset($parts['port']) ? ':' . $parts['port'] : '';
-		$path     = isset($parts['path']) ? $parts['path'] : '';
-		$query    = isset($parts['query']) ? '?' . $parts['query'] : '';
-		$fragment = isset($parts['fragment']) ? '#' . $parts['fragment'] : '';
-
-		$fixed = $scheme.$host.$port.$path.$query.$fragment;
-
-		logger('Base: '.$base.' - Avatar: '.$avatar.' - Fixed: '.$fixed, LOGGER_DATA);
-
-		return $fixed;
-	}
-
 	/**
 	 * @brief Fetches author data
 	 *
@@ -135,7 +99,7 @@ class ostatus {
 		}
 		if (count($avatarlist) > 0) {
 			krsort($avatarlist);
-			$author["author-avatar"] = self::fix_avatar(current($avatarlist), $author["author-link"]);
+			$author["author-avatar"] = Probe::fix_avatar(current($avatarlist), $author["author-link"]);
 		}
 
 		$displayname = $xpath->evaluate('atom:author/poco:displayName/text()', $context)->item(0)->nodeValue;
@@ -1196,7 +1160,7 @@ class ostatus {
 				$arr["owner-name"] = $single_conv->actor->portablecontacts_net->displayName;
 
 			$arr["owner-link"] = $actor;
-			$arr["owner-avatar"] = self::fix_avatar($single_conv->actor->image->url, $arr["owner-link"]);
+			$arr["owner-avatar"] = Probe::fix_avatar($single_conv->actor->image->url, $arr["owner-link"]);
 
 			$arr["author-name"] = $arr["owner-name"];
 			$arr["author-link"] = $arr["owner-link"];
@@ -1261,7 +1225,7 @@ class ostatus {
 					$arr["author-name"] = $single_conv->object->actor->contact->displayName;
 				}
 				$arr["author-link"] = $single_conv->object->actor->url;
-				$arr["author-avatar"] = self::fix_avatar($single_conv->object->actor->image->url, $arr["author-link"]);
+				$arr["author-avatar"] = Probe::fix_avatar($single_conv->object->actor->image->url, $arr["author-link"]);
 
 				$arr["app"] = $single_conv->object->provider->displayName."#";
 				//$arr["verb"] = $single_conv->object->verb;