diff --git a/app/controllers/requests_controller.rb b/app/controllers/requests_controller.rb
index e986d6bcf..853cfc59d 100644
--- a/app/controllers/requests_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/requests_controller.rb
@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@ class RequestsController < ApplicationController
   end
   
   def create
-    url = find_url(params)
-    @request = current_user.send_friend_request_to(params[:request][:destination_url])
+    url = find_url(params[:request][:destination_url])
+    @request = current_user.send_friend_request_to(url)
     if @request
       flash[:notice] = "a friend request was sent to #{@request.destination_url}"
       redirect_to requests_url
@@ -39,13 +39,6 @@ class RequestsController < ApplicationController
   end
 
 
-  def self.diasproa_url(identifier)
-    if identifier.include? '@'
-      f = Redfinger.finger(uri)
-      identifier = f.each{|x|  return x.link if x.rel =='http://joindiaspora.com/seed_location'}
-    end
-    identifier
-  end
   
   private 
 
diff --git a/app/helpers/requests_helper.rb b/app/helpers/requests_helper.rb
index afafca44b..c0bf4a1d8 100644
--- a/app/helpers/requests_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/requests_helper.rb
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ module RequestsHelper
   def diaspora_url(identifier)
     if identifier.include? '@'
       f = Redfinger.finger(identifier)
-      identifier = f.each{|x|  return x.link if x.rel =='http://joindiaspora.com/seed_location'}
+      identifier = f.links.each{|x|  return x.href if x.rel =='http://joindiaspora.com/seed_location'}
     end
     identifier
   end
diff --git a/spec/helpers/requests_helper_spec.rb b/spec/helpers/requests_helper_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..38d0d1cd4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/helpers/requests_helper_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+require File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/../spec_helper'
+
+include RequestsHelper
+
+describe RequestsHelper do
+  describe "profile" do
+    it 'should fetch the public webfinger profile on request' do
+      #post :create {:request => {:destination_url => 'tom@tom.joindiaspora.com'}
+     
+      url = diaspora_url('http://tom.joindiaspora.com/')
+      url.should == 'http://tom.joindiaspora.com/'
+
+
+      url = diaspora_url('tom@tom.joindiaspora.com')
+      url.should == 'http://tom.joindiaspora.com/'
+    end
+  end
+end