diff --git a/Zotlabs/Lib/Libzotdir.php b/Zotlabs/Lib/Libzotdir.php
index 91d089c86..4e084554d 100644
--- a/Zotlabs/Lib/Libzotdir.php
+++ b/Zotlabs/Lib/Libzotdir.php
@@ -307,7 +307,7 @@ class Libzotdir {
 		if ($ud['ud_addr'] && (! ($ud['ud_flags'] & UPDATE_FLAGS_DELETED))) {
 			$success = false;
 
-			$href = \Zotlabs\Lib\Webfinger::zot_url(punify($url));
+			$href = \Zotlabs\Lib\Webfinger::zot_url($ud['ud_addr']);
 			if($href) {
 				$zf = \Zotlabs\Lib\Zotfinger::exec($href);
 			}