diff --git a/mod/match.php b/mod/match.php
index 926df1dff..96a6efc30 100644
--- a/mod/match.php
+++ b/mod/match.php
@@ -48,6 +48,11 @@ function match_content(&$a) {
 			
 			$tpl = get_markup_template('match.tpl');
 			foreach($j->results as $jj) {
+			    $match_nurl = str_replace(array('https:','//www.'), array('http:','//'), $jj->url);
+			    $match = q("SELECT `nurl` FROM `contact` WHERE `uid` = '%d' AND nurl='%s' LIMIT 1",
+				intval(local_user()),
+				$match_nurl);
+			    if (!count($match)) {
 				
 				$connlnk = $a->get_baseurl() . '/follow/?url=' . $jj->url;
 				$o .= replace_macros($tpl,array(
@@ -59,6 +64,7 @@ function match_content(&$a) {
 					'$connlnk' => $connlnk,
 					'$tags' => $jj->tags
 				));
+			    }
 			}
 		}
 		else {