diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index ca899ed46..99003abc4 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 ### Added
 
 ### Fixed
+- Stories on postgres instances ([5ffa71da](https://github.com/pixelfed/pixelfed/commit/5ffa71da))
 
 ### Updated
 - Updated StatusController, restrict edits to 24 hours ([ae24433b](https://github.com/pixelfed/pixelfed/commit/ae24433b))
diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/Auth/RegisterController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/Auth/RegisterController.php
index fd0b2fa88..ec7e15b7c 100644
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/Auth/RegisterController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/Auth/RegisterController.php
@@ -53,6 +53,11 @@ class RegisterController extends Controller
      */
     protected function validator(array $data)
     {
+        if(config('database.default') == 'pgsql') {
+            $data['username'] = strtolower($data['username']);
+            $data['email'] = strtolower($data['email']);
+        }
+
         $this->validateUsername($data['username']);
         $this->validateEmail($data['email']);
 
@@ -105,6 +110,11 @@ class RegisterController extends Controller
      */
     protected function create(array $data)
     {
+        if(config('database.default') == 'pgsql') {
+            $data['username'] = strtolower($data['username']);
+            $data['email'] = strtolower($data['email']);
+        }
+
         return User::create([
             'name'     => $data['name'],
             'username' => $data['username'],
diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/ProfileController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/ProfileController.php
index 20e4d08ec..e5f90693a 100644
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/ProfileController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/ProfileController.php
@@ -22,6 +22,10 @@ class ProfileController extends Controller
 {
     public function show(Request $request, $username)
     {
+        if(config('database.default') == 'pgsql') {
+            $username = strtolower($username);
+        }
+        
         $user = Profile::whereNull('domain')
             ->whereNull('status')
             ->whereUsername($username)
diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/StoryController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/StoryController.php
index a7cfb9717..68d93272b 100644
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/StoryController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/StoryController.php
@@ -108,16 +108,25 @@ class StoryController extends Controller
 
 		$profile = $request->user()->profile;
 		$following = $profile->following->pluck('id')->toArray();
-		$groupBy = config('database.default') == 'pgsql' ? 'id' : 'profile_id';
 
-		$stories = Story::with('profile')
-		->groupBy($groupBy)
-		->whereIn('profile_id', $following)
-		->where('expires_at', '>', now())
-		->orderByDesc('expires_at')
-		->take(9)
-		->get()
-		->map(function($s, $k) {
+		if(config('database.default') == 'pgsql') {
+			$db = Story::with('profile')
+			->whereIn('profile_id', $following)
+			->where('expires_at', '>', now())
+			->distinct('profile_id')
+			->take(9)
+			->get();
+		} else {
+			$db = Story::with('profile')
+			->whereIn('profile_id', $following)
+			->where('expires_at', '>', now())
+			->orderByDesc('expires_at')
+			->groupBy('profile_id')
+			->take(9)
+			->get();
+		}
+
+		$stories = $db->map(function($s, $k) {
 			return [
 				'id' => (string) $s->id,
 				'photo' => $s->profile->avatarUrl(),
diff --git a/app/Util/ActivityPub/Helpers.php b/app/Util/ActivityPub/Helpers.php
index da74a1cb2..af46fee5e 100644
--- a/app/Util/ActivityPub/Helpers.php
+++ b/app/Util/ActivityPub/Helpers.php
@@ -412,14 +412,14 @@ class Helpers {
 		$profile = Profile::whereRemoteUrl($res['id'])->first();
 		if(!$profile) {
 			$profile = new Profile();
-			$profile->domain = $domain;
-			$profile->username = (string) Purify::clean($remoteUsername);
+			$profile->domain = strtolower($domain);
+			$profile->username = strtolower(Purify::clean($remoteUsername));
 			$profile->name = isset($res['name']) ? Purify::clean($res['name']) : 'user';
 			$profile->bio = isset($res['summary']) ? Purify::clean($res['summary']) : null;
 			$profile->sharedInbox = isset($res['endpoints']) && isset($res['endpoints']['sharedInbox']) ? $res['endpoints']['sharedInbox'] : null;
-			$profile->inbox_url = $res['inbox'];
-			$profile->outbox_url = $res['outbox'];
-			$profile->remote_url = $res['id'];
+			$profile->inbox_url = strtolower($res['inbox']);
+			$profile->outbox_url = strtolower($res['outbox']);
+			$profile->remote_url = strtolower($res['id']);
 			$profile->public_key = $res['publicKey']['publicKeyPem'];
 			$profile->key_id = $res['publicKey']['id'];
 			$profile->save();