1 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/app/controllers/api/v1/follows_controller.rb b/app/controllers/api/v1/follows_controller.rb
index 9181cd077..526316531 100644
--- a/app/controllers/api/v1/follows_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/api/v1/follows_controller.rb
@@ -5,7 +5,13 @@ class Api::V1::FollowsController < ApiController
   def create
     raise ActiveRecord::RecordNotFound if params[:uri].blank?
 
-    @account = FollowService.new.call(current_user.account, params[:uri].strip).try(:target_account)
+    @account = FollowService.new.call(current_user.account, target_uri).try(:target_account)
     render action: :show
   end
+
+  private
+
+  def target_uri
+    params[:uri].strip.gsub(/\A@/, '')
+  end
 end