diff --git a/src/Lib/Activity.php b/src/Lib/Activity.php
index 7a6942fc8..10077f04d 100644
--- a/src/Lib/Activity.php
+++ b/src/Lib/Activity.php
@@ -5190,7 +5190,7 @@ class Activity
         $actorId = new ActorId($url);
         if ($actorId->getType() === ActorId::ACTORID_TYPE_DIDKEY) {
             $ekey = str_replace('did:key:', '', $actorId->getId());
-            $query = q("select * from xchan where epubkey = '%s'",
+            $query = q("select * from xchan where xchan_epubkey = '%s'",
                 dbesc($ekey)
             );
             if ($query) {