diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/Api/ApiV1Controller.php b/app/Http/Controllers/Api/ApiV1Controller.php
index 0205648e8..c8728bcf4 100644
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/Api/ApiV1Controller.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/Api/ApiV1Controller.php
@@ -409,6 +409,7 @@ class ApiV1Controller extends Controller
             if($settings->show_profile_follower_count != $show_profile_follower_count) {
                 $settings->show_profile_follower_count = $show_profile_follower_count;
                 $changes = true;
+                Cache::forget('pf:acct-trans:hideFollowers:' . $profile->id);
             }
         }
 
@@ -417,6 +418,7 @@ class ApiV1Controller extends Controller
             if($settings->show_profile_following_count != $show_profile_following_count) {
                 $settings->show_profile_following_count = $show_profile_following_count;
                 $changes = true;
+                Cache::forget('pf:acct-trans:hideFollowing:' . $profile->id);
             }
         }
 
diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/Settings/PrivacySettings.php b/app/Http/Controllers/Settings/PrivacySettings.php
index bd2222d48..6697bf3c8 100644
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/Settings/PrivacySettings.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/Settings/PrivacySettings.php
@@ -84,14 +84,17 @@ trait PrivacySettings
             }
             $settings->save();
         }
-        Cache::forget('profile:settings:' . $profile->id);
+        $pid = $profile->id;
+        Cache::forget('profile:settings:' . $pid);
         Cache::forget('user:account:id:' . $profile->user_id);
-        Cache::forget('profile:follower_count:' . $profile->id);
-        Cache::forget('profile:following_count:' . $profile->id);
-        Cache::forget('profile:atom:enabled:' . $profile->id);
-        Cache::forget('profile:embed:' . $profile->id);
-        Cache::forget('pf:acct:settings:hidden-followers:' . $profile->id);
-        Cache::forget('pf:acct:settings:hidden-following:' . $profile->id);
+        Cache::forget('profile:follower_count:' . $pid);
+        Cache::forget('profile:following_count:' . $pid);
+        Cache::forget('profile:atom:enabled:' . $pid);
+        Cache::forget('profile:embed:' . $pid);
+        Cache::forget('pf:acct:settings:hidden-followers:' . $pid);
+        Cache::forget('pf:acct:settings:hidden-following:' . $pid);
+        Cache::forget('pf:acct-trans:hideFollowing:' . $pid);
+        Cache::forget('pf:acct-trans:hideFollowers:' . $pid);
         return redirect(route('settings.privacy'))->with('status', 'Settings successfully updated!');
     }
 
diff --git a/app/Transformer/Api/AccountTransformer.php b/app/Transformer/Api/AccountTransformer.php
index 6c6fa17e4..52026eb8e 100644
--- a/app/Transformer/Api/AccountTransformer.php
+++ b/app/Transformer/Api/AccountTransformer.php
@@ -6,14 +6,15 @@ use Auth;
 use Cache;
 use App\Profile;
 use App\User;
+use App\UserSetting;
 use League\Fractal;
 use App\Services\PronounService;
 
 class AccountTransformer extends Fractal\TransformerAbstract
 {
-    protected $defaultIncludes = [
-        // 'relationship',
-    ];
+	protected $defaultIncludes = [
+		// 'relationship',
+	];
 
 	public function transform(Profile $profile)
 	{
@@ -26,6 +27,25 @@ class AccountTransformer extends Fractal\TransformerAbstract
 		});
 
 		$local = $profile->private_key != null;
+		$local = $profile->user_id && $profile->private_key != null;
+		$hideFollowing = false;
+		$hideFollowers = false;
+		if($local) {
+			$hideFollowing = Cache::remember('pf:acct-trans:hideFollowing:' . $profile->id, 2592000, function() use($profile) {
+				$settings = UserSetting::whereUserId($profile->user_id)->first();
+				if(!$settings) {
+					return false;
+				}
+				return $settings->show_profile_following_count == false;
+			});
+			$hideFollowers = Cache::remember('pf:acct-trans:hideFollowers:' . $profile->id, 2592000, function() use($profile) {
+				$settings = UserSetting::whereUserId($profile->user_id)->first();
+				if(!$settings) {
+					return false;
+				}
+				return $settings->show_profile_follower_count == false;
+			});
+		}
 		$is_admin = !$local ? false : in_array($profile->id, $adminIds);
 		$acct = $local ? $profile->username : substr($profile->username, 1);
 		$username = $local ? $profile->username : explode('@', $acct)[0];
@@ -36,8 +56,8 @@ class AccountTransformer extends Fractal\TransformerAbstract
 			'display_name' => $profile->name,
 			'discoverable' => true,
 			'locked' => (bool) $profile->is_private,
-			'followers_count' => (int) $profile->followers_count,
-			'following_count' => (int) $profile->following_count,
+			'followers_count' => $hideFollowers ? 0 : (int) $profile->followers_count,
+			'following_count' => $hideFollowing ? 0 : (int) $profile->following_count,
 			'statuses_count' => (int) $profile->status_count,
 			'note' => $profile->bio ?? '',
 			'note_text' => $profile->bio ? strip_tags($profile->bio) : null,