diff --git a/html.c b/html.c
index 9f38f1a..f95cb4f 100644
--- a/html.c
+++ b/html.c
@@ -767,9 +767,9 @@ static xs_html *html_user_body(snac *user, int local)
             xs_str *k;
             xs_str *v;
 
-            xs_dict *val_metadata = xs_dict_get(user->config, "validated_metadata");
-            if (xs_is_null(val_metadata))
-                val_metadata = xs_stock_dict;
+            xs_dict *val_links = xs_dict_get(user->config, "validated_links");
+            if (xs_is_null(val_links))
+                val_links = xs_stock_dict;
 
             xs_html *snac_metadata = xs_html_tag("div",
                 xs_html_attr("class", "snac-metadata"));
@@ -779,7 +779,7 @@ static xs_html *html_user_body(snac *user, int local)
 
                 if (xs_startswith(v, "https:/" "/")) {
                     /* is this link validated? */
-                    char *val_date = xs_dict_get(val_metadata, v);
+                    char *val_date = xs_dict_get(val_links, v);
 
                     if (!xs_is_null(val_date) && *val_date) {
                         value = xs_html_container(
diff --git a/mastoapi.c b/mastoapi.c
index 744c2c4..e2c1ad6 100644
--- a/mastoapi.c
+++ b/mastoapi.c
@@ -1134,15 +1134,15 @@ int mastoapi_get_handler(const xs_dict *req, const char *q_path,
                 xs_str *k;
                 xs_str *v;
 
-                xs_dict *val_metadata = xs_dict_get(snac1.config, "validated_metadata");
-                if (xs_is_null(val_metadata))
-                    val_metadata = xs_stock_dict;
+                xs_dict *val_links = xs_dict_get(snac1.config, "validated_links");
+                if (xs_is_null(val_links))
+                    val_links = xs_stock_dict;
 
                 while (xs_dict_iter(&metadata, &k, &v)) {
                     char *val_date = NULL;
 
                     if (xs_startswith(v, "https:/" "/"))
-                        val_date = xs_dict_get(val_metadata, v);
+                        val_date = xs_dict_get(val_links, v);
 
                     xs *d = xs_dict_new();