diff --git a/src/Core/Search.php b/src/Core/Search.php
index 7f05a3a947..45b64eb517 100644
--- a/src/Core/Search.php
+++ b/src/Core/Search.php
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ use Friendica\Object\Search\ContactResult;
 use Friendica\Object\Search\ResultList;
 use Friendica\Util\Network;
 use Friendica\Util\Strings;
+use GuzzleHttp\Psr7\Uri;
 
 /**
  * Specific class to perform searches for different systems. Currently:
@@ -76,7 +77,7 @@ class Search
 				$user_data['name'] ?? '',
 				$user_data['addr'] ?? '',
 				($contactDetails['addr'] ?? '') ?: ($user_data['url'] ?? ''),
-				$user_data['url'] ?? '',
+				new Uri($user_data['url'] ?? ''),
 				$user_data['photo'] ?? '',
 				$user_data['network'] ?? '',
 				$contactDetails['cid'] ?? 0,
@@ -142,7 +143,7 @@ class Search
 				$profile['name'] ?? '',
 				$profile['addr'] ?? '',
 				($contactDetails['addr'] ?? '') ?: $profile_url,
-				$profile_url,
+				new Uri($profile_url),
 				$profile['photo'] ?? '',
 				Protocol::DFRN,
 				$contactDetails['cid'] ?? 0,
@@ -180,7 +181,7 @@ class Search
 				$contact['name'],
 				$contact['addr'],
 				$contact['addr'] ?: $contact['url'],
-				$contact['url'],
+				new Uri($contact['url']),
 				$contact['photo'],
 				$contact['network'],
 				0,
diff --git a/src/Object/Search/ContactResult.php b/src/Object/Search/ContactResult.php
index c2922ea0ed..c46b9b6e4c 100644
--- a/src/Object/Search/ContactResult.php
+++ b/src/Object/Search/ContactResult.php
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 namespace Friendica\Object\Search;
 
 use Friendica\Model\Search;
+use Psr\Http\Message\UriInterface;
 
 /**
  * A search result for contact searching
@@ -51,7 +52,7 @@ class ContactResult implements IResult
 	 */
 	private $item;
 	/**
-	 * @var string
+	 * @var UriInterface
 	 */
 	private $url;
 	/**
@@ -108,9 +109,9 @@ class ContactResult implements IResult
 	}
 
 	/**
-	 * @return string
+	 * @return UriInterface
 	 */
-	public function getUrl(): string
+	public function getUrl(): UriInterface
 	{
 		return $this->url;
 	}
@@ -143,14 +144,14 @@ class ContactResult implements IResult
 	 * @param string $name
 	 * @param string $addr
 	 * @param string $item
-	 * @param string $url
+	 * @param UriInterface $url
 	 * @param string $photo
 	 * @param string $network
 	 * @param int    $cid
 	 * @param int    $pCid
 	 * @param string $tags
 	 */
-	public function __construct($name, $addr, $item, $url, $photo, $network, $cid = 0, $pCid = 0, $tags = '')
+	public function __construct($name, $addr, $item, UriInterface $url, $photo, $network, $cid = 0, $pCid = 0, $tags = '')
 	{
 		$this->name    = $name;
 		$this->addr    = $addr;