diff --git a/Changelog.md b/Changelog.md
index 785e3aa08..7559b454b 100644
--- a/Changelog.md
+++ b/Changelog.md
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 * Fix inactive user removal not respecting configuration for daily limits [#5953](https://github.com/diaspora/diaspora/pull/5953)
 * Fix missing localization of inactive user removal warning emails [#5950](https://github.com/diaspora/diaspora/issues/5950)
 * Fix fetching for public post while Webfingering [#5958](https://github.com/diaspora/diaspora/pull/5958)
+* Handle empty searchable in HCard gracefully [#5962](https://github.com/diaspora/diaspora/pull/5962)
 
 ## Features
 * Hide post title of limited post in comment notification email [#5843](https://github.com/diaspora/diaspora/pull/5843)
diff --git a/lib/h_card.rb b/lib/h_card.rb
index 753c023f0..2fda6aa2e 100644
--- a/lib/h_card.rb
+++ b/lib/h_card.rb
@@ -3,19 +3,19 @@
 #   the COPYRIGHT file.
 
 module HCard
-  def self.parse doc
+  def self.parse(doc)
     {
-      :given_name  => doc.css(".given_name").text,
-      :family_name => doc.css(".family_name").text,
-      :url         => doc.css("#pod_location").text,
-      :photo       => doc.css(".entity_photo .photo[src]").attribute('src').text,
-      :photo_small => doc.css(".entity_photo_small .photo[src]").attribute('src').text,
-      :photo_medium => doc.css(".entity_photo_medium .photo[src]").attribute('src').text,
-      :searchable  => doc.css(".searchable").text
+      given_name:   doc.css(".given_name").text,
+      family_name:  doc.css(".family_name").text,
+      url:          doc.css("#pod_location").text,
+      photo:        doc.css(".entity_photo .photo[src]").attribute("src").text,
+      photo_small:  doc.css(".entity_photo_small .photo[src]").attribute("src").text,
+      photo_medium: doc.css(".entity_photo_medium .photo[src]").attribute("src").text,
+      searchable:   doc.css(".searchable").text == "true"
     }
   end
 
   def self.build(raw_hcard)
-    self.parse Nokogiri::HTML(raw_hcard)
+    parse Nokogiri::HTML(raw_hcard)
   end
 end
diff --git a/spec/lib/h_card_spec.rb b/spec/lib/h_card_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d4197c0b4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/lib/h_card_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+#   Copyright (c) 2010-2011, Diaspora Inc.  This file is
+#   licensed under the Affero General Public License version 3 or later.  See
+#   the COPYRIGHT file.
+
+require "spec_helper"
+
+describe HCard do
+  it "should parse an hcard" do
+    raw_hcard = hcard_response
+    hcard = HCard.build raw_hcard
+    expect(hcard[:family_name].include?("Hamiltom")).to be true
+    expect(hcard[:given_name].include?("Alex")).to be true
+    expect(hcard[:photo].include?("thumb_large")).to be true
+    expect(hcard[:photo_medium].include?("thumb_medium")).to be true
+    expect(hcard[:photo_small].include?("thumb_small")).to be true
+    expect(hcard[:url]).to eq("http://localhost:3000/")
+    expect(hcard[:searchable]).to eq(false)
+  end
+
+  it "should parse an hcard with searchable true" do
+    raw_hcard = hcard_response.sub("<span class='searchable'>false</span>", "<span class='searchable'>true</span>")
+    hcard = HCard.build raw_hcard
+    expect(hcard[:family_name].include?("Hamiltom")).to be true
+    expect(hcard[:given_name].include?("Alex")).to be true
+    expect(hcard[:photo].include?("thumb_large")).to be true
+    expect(hcard[:photo_medium].include?("thumb_medium")).to be true
+    expect(hcard[:photo_small].include?("thumb_small")).to be true
+    expect(hcard[:url]).to eq("http://localhost:3000/")
+    expect(hcard[:searchable]).to eq(true)
+  end
+
+  it "should parse an hcard with empty searchable" do
+    raw_hcard = hcard_response.sub("<span class='searchable'>false</span>", "<span class='searchable'></span>")
+    hcard = HCard.build raw_hcard
+    expect(hcard[:family_name].include?("Hamiltom")).to be true
+    expect(hcard[:given_name].include?("Alex")).to be true
+    expect(hcard[:photo].include?("thumb_large")).to be true
+    expect(hcard[:photo_medium].include?("thumb_medium")).to be true
+    expect(hcard[:photo_small].include?("thumb_small")).to be true
+    expect(hcard[:url]).to eq("http://localhost:3000/")
+    expect(hcard[:searchable]).to eq(false)
+  end
+end
diff --git a/spec/lib/hcard_spec.rb b/spec/lib/hcard_spec.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index 86cab268b..000000000
--- a/spec/lib/hcard_spec.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-#   Copyright (c) 2010-2011, Diaspora Inc.  This file is
-#   licensed under the Affero General Public License version 3 or later.  See
-#   the COPYRIGHT file.
-
-require 'spec_helper'
-
-describe HCard do
-  it 'should parse an hcard' do
-    raw_hcard = hcard_response 
-    hcard = HCard.build raw_hcard
-    expect(hcard[:family_name].include?("Hamiltom")).to be true
-    expect(hcard[:given_name].include?("Alex")).to be true
-    expect(hcard[:photo].include?("thumb_large")).to be true
-    expect(hcard[:photo_medium].include?("thumb_medium")).to be true
-    expect(hcard[:photo_small].include?("thumb_small")).to be true
-    expect(hcard[:url]).to eq("http://localhost:3000/")
-    expect(hcard[:searchable]).to eq("false")
-  end
-end