diff --git a/activitypub.c b/activitypub.c
index 19e39a9..2791047 100644
--- a/activitypub.c
+++ b/activitypub.c
@@ -1158,7 +1158,7 @@ xs_dict *msg_actor(snac *snac)
     msg = xs_dict_set(msg, "preferredUsername", snac->uid);
     msg = xs_dict_set(msg, "published",         xs_dict_get(snac->config, "published"));
 
-    xs *f_bio_2 = not_really_markdown(xs_dict_get(snac->config, "bio"), NULL, NULL);
+    xs *f_bio_2 = not_really_markdown(xs_dict_get(snac->config, "bio"), NULL, &tags);
     f_bio = process_tags(snac, f_bio_2, &tags);
     msg = xs_dict_set(msg, "summary", f_bio);
     msg = xs_dict_set(msg, "tag", tags);
diff --git a/html.c b/html.c
index 810cd88..99cffdf 100644
--- a/html.c
+++ b/html.c
@@ -821,10 +821,12 @@ static xs_html *html_user_body(snac *user, int read_only)
 
     if (read_only) {
         xs *es1  = encode_html(xs_dict_get(user->config, "bio"));
-        xs *bio1 = not_really_markdown(es1, NULL, NULL);
         xs *tags = xs_list_new();
+        xs *bio1 = not_really_markdown(es1, NULL, &tags);
         xs *bio2 = process_tags(user, bio1, &tags);
 
+        bio2 = replace_shortnames(bio2, tags, 2);
+
         xs_html *top_user_bio = xs_html_tag("div",
             xs_html_attr("class", "p-note snac-top-user-bio"),
             xs_html_raw(bio2)); /* already sanitized */