diff --git a/app/controllers/publics_controller.rb b/app/controllers/publics_controller.rb
index 2b942541fb5671f40f6e0ba2e2dcd93bdf533c43..91edf995d9776deb4a8f96e39e429a4ae89388b8 100644
--- a/app/controllers/publics_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/publics_controller.rb
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ class PublicsController < ApplicationController
   end
 
   def webfinger
-    @person = Person.first(:email => params[:q].gsub('acct:', ''))
+    @person = Person.by_webfinger(params[:q])
     unless @person.nil? || @person.owner.nil?
       render 'webfinger', :layout => false, :content_type => 'application/xrd+xml'
     end
diff --git a/app/helpers/requests_helper.rb b/app/helpers/requests_helper.rb
index 99f73be66e2a4c9cd1eddef79b27fff329176a1d..478d9853bed75903cc1cad2c8fdb8705e9f524fd 100644
--- a/app/helpers/requests_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/requests_helper.rb
@@ -26,9 +26,16 @@ module RequestsHelper
   end
 
   def relationship_flow(identifier)
-    f = Redfinger.finger(identifier)
-    action = subscription_mode(f)
-    url = subscription_url(action, f)
+    puts request.host
+    if identifier.include?(request.host)
+      person = Person.by_webfinger identifier
+      action = :friend
+      url = person.owner.receive_url
+    else
+      f = Redfinger.finger(identifier)
+      action = subscription_mode(f)
+      url = subscription_url(action, f)
+    end
     { action => url }
   end
 
diff --git a/app/models/person.rb b/app/models/person.rb
index cf4899a1ece12d21df31e46f7f0be13cef8a4bc4..50a3cc410bbcde8e3371c147c4547b0ef9505241 100644
--- a/app/models/person.rb
+++ b/app/models/person.rb
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ class Person
     false
   end
   
-  def send_comment c
+  def send_comment( c )
     if self.owner.nil?
         if c.post.person.owner.nil?
           #puts "The commenter is not here, and neither is the poster"
@@ -112,6 +112,10 @@ class Person
     "#{self.url}receive/users/#{self.id}/"
   end
 
+  def self.by_webfinger( identifier )
+     Person.first(:email => identifier.gsub('acct:', ''))
+  end
+
   protected
   def clean_url
     self.url ||= "http://localhost:3000/" if self.class == User