diff --git a/Zotlabs/Module/Channel.php b/Zotlabs/Module/Channel.php
index 4ffc9ffc6..8550c69cd 100644
--- a/Zotlabs/Module/Channel.php
+++ b/Zotlabs/Module/Channel.php
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ class Channel extends \Zotlabs\Web\Controller {
 
 			//$o .= profile_tabs($a, $is_owner, \App::$profile['channel_address']);
 
-			$o .= common_friends_visitor_widget(\App::$profile['profile_uid']);
+			// $o .= common_friends_visitor_widget(\App::$profile['profile_uid']);
 
 			if($channel && $is_owner) {
 				$channel_acl = array(
diff --git a/Zotlabs/Widget/Common_friends.php b/Zotlabs/Widget/Common_friends.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a67b9312c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Zotlabs/Widget/Common_friends.php
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Zotlabs\Widget;
+
+require_once('include/contact_widgets.php');
+
+class Common_friends {
+
+	function widget($arr) {
+
+		if((! \App::$profile['profile_uid']) 
+			|| (! perm_is_allowed(\App::$profile['profile_uid'],get_observer_hash(),'view_contacts'))) {
+			return '';
+		}
+
+		return common_friends_visitor_widget(\App::$profile['profile_uid']);
+
+	}
+}
diff --git a/include/contact_widgets.php b/include/contact_widgets.php
index aac756a46..e5bb696f8 100644
--- a/include/contact_widgets.php
+++ b/include/contact_widgets.php
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ function cardcategories_widget($baseurl,$selected = '') {
 
 
 
-function common_friends_visitor_widget($profile_uid) {
+function common_friends_visitor_widget($profile_uid,$cnt = 10) {
 
 	if(local_channel() == $profile_uid)
 		return;
@@ -156,19 +156,20 @@ function common_friends_visitor_widget($profile_uid) {
 	require_once('include/socgraph.php');
 
 	$t = count_common_friends($profile_uid,$observer_hash);
+
 	if(! $t)
 		return;
 
-	$r = common_friends($profile_uid,$observer_hash,0,5,true);
+	$r = common_friends($profile_uid,$observer_hash,0,$cnt,true);
 
 	return replace_macros(get_markup_template('remote_friends_common.tpl'), array(
-		'$desc' =>  sprintf( tt("%d connection in common", "%d connections in common", $t), $t),
-		'$base' => z_root(),
-		'$uid' => $profile_uid,
-		'$cid' => $observer,
-		'$linkmore' => (($t > 5) ? 'true' : ''),
-		'$more' => t('show more'),
-		'$items' => $r
+		'$desc'     => sprintf( t('Common connections: %d'), $t),
+		'$base'     => z_root(),
+		'$uid'      => $profile_uid,
+		'$cid'      => $observer,
+		'$linkmore' => (($t > $cnt) ? 'true' : ''),
+		'$more'     => t('show more'),
+		'$items'    => $r
 	)); 
 
 };
diff --git a/view/pdl/mod_channel.pdl b/view/pdl/mod_channel.pdl
index 98dc71915..54c2fb489 100644
--- a/view/pdl/mod_channel.pdl
+++ b/view/pdl/mod_channel.pdl
@@ -7,4 +7,7 @@
 [widget=categories][/widget]
 [widget=tagcloud_wall][var=limit]24[/var][/widget]
 [/region]
+[region=content]
+[widget=common_friends][/widget]
+[/region]
 
diff --git a/view/tpl/common_friends.tpl b/view/tpl/common_friends.tpl
index 489717e78..fa2cf5a13 100755
--- a/view/tpl/common_friends.tpl
+++ b/view/tpl/common_friends.tpl
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<div class="profile-match-wrapper">
+<div class="generic-content-wrapper">
 	<div class="profile-match-photo">
 		<a href="{{$url}}">
 			<img src="{{$photo}}" alt="{{$name}}" width="80" height="80" title="{{$name}} [{{$url}}]" />
diff --git a/view/tpl/remote_friends_common.tpl b/view/tpl/remote_friends_common.tpl
index d6d2fd211..7ec1a2e6b 100755
--- a/view/tpl/remote_friends_common.tpl
+++ b/view/tpl/remote_friends_common.tpl
@@ -1,21 +1,28 @@
-<div id="remote-friends-in-common" class="bigwidget">
-	<div id="rfic-desc">{{$desc}} &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;{{if $linkmore}}<a href="{{$base}}/common/{{$uid}}">{{$more}}</a>{{/if}}</div>
-	{{if $items}}
-	{{foreach $items as $item}}
-	<div class="profile-match-wrapper">
-		<div class="profile-match-photo">
-			<a href="{{$base}}/chanview?f=&url={{$item.xchan_url}}">
-				<img src="{{$item.xchan_photo_m}}" width="80" height="80" alt="{{$item.xchan_name}}" title="{{$item.xchan_name}}" />
-			</a>
+<div class="widget">
+	<div class="panel">
+		<div class="section-subtitle-wrapper" role="tab" id="common-friends-visitor">
+			<h3><a data-toggle="collapse" href="#common-friends-collapse">{{$desc}}</a></h3>
 		</div>
-		<div class="profile-match-break"></div>
-		<div class="profile-match-name">
-			<a href="{{$base}}/chanview?f=&url={{$item.xchan_url}}" title="{{$item.xchan_name}}">{{$item.xchan_name}}</a>
+		<div id="common-friends-collapse" class="collapse" role="tabpanel" aria-labelledby="common-friends-visitor">
+			{{if $items}}
+			{{foreach $items as $item}}
+			<div class="profile-match-wrapper">
+				<div class="profile-match-photo">
+					<a href="{{$base}}/chanview?f=&url={{$item.xchan_url}}">
+						<img src="{{$item.xchan_photo_m}}" width="80" height="80" alt="{{$item.xchan_name}}" title="{{$item.xchan_name}}" />
+					</a>
+				</div>
+				<div class="profile-match-break"></div>
+				<div class="profile-match-name">
+					<a href="{{$base}}/chanview?f=&url={{$item.xchan_url}}" title="{{$item.xchan_name}}">{{$item.xchan_name}}</a>
+				</div>
+				<div class="profile-match-end"></div>
+			</div>
+			{{/foreach}}
+			{{/if}}
+			<div id="rfic-end" class="clear"></div>
+			{{if $linkmore}}<button class="btn btn-default"><a href="{{$base}}/common/{{$uid}}">{{$more}}</a></button>{{/if}}
 		</div>
-		<div class="profile-match-end"></div>
 	</div>
-	{{/foreach}}
-	{{/if}}
-	<div id="rfic-end" class="clear"></div>
 </div>