diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 4fe51ec19..d52d82fa8 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 
 ### Updated
 - Updated MediaStorageService, fix remote avatar bug. ([1c20d696](https://github.com/pixelfed/pixelfed/commit/1c20d696))
+- Updated WebfingerService. Fixes #3167. ([aff74566](https://github.com/pixelfed/pixelfed/commit/aff74566))
 
 ## [v0.11.2 (2022-01-09)](https://github.com/pixelfed/pixelfed/compare/v0.11.1...v0.11.2)
 
diff --git a/app/Services/WebfingerService.php b/app/Services/WebfingerService.php
index 1269dd0eb..c7eb9e93f 100644
--- a/app/Services/WebfingerService.php
+++ b/app/Services/WebfingerService.php
@@ -4,14 +4,10 @@ namespace App\Services;
 
 use Cache;
 use App\Profile;
-use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Redis;
 use App\Util\Webfinger\WebfingerUrl;
-use Zttp\Zttp;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Http;
 use App\Util\ActivityPub\Helpers;
-use App\Transformer\Api\AccountTransformer;
-use League\Fractal;
-use League\Fractal\Serializer\ArraySerializer;
-use League\Fractal\Pagination\IlluminatePaginatorAdapter;
+use App\Services\AccountService;
 
 class WebfingerService
 {
@@ -23,25 +19,41 @@ class WebfingerService
 	protected function run($query)
 	{
 		if($profile = Profile::whereUsername($query)->first()) {
-			$fractal = new Fractal\Manager();
-			$fractal->setSerializer(new ArraySerializer());
-			$resource = new Fractal\Resource\Item($profile, new AccountTransformer());
-			return $fractal->createData($resource)->toArray();
+			return AccountService::get($profile->id);
 		}
 		$url = WebfingerUrl::generateWebfingerUrl($query);
 		if(!Helpers::validateUrl($url)) {
 			return [];
 		}
-		$res = Zttp::get($url);
-		$webfinger = $res->json();
-		if(!isset($webfinger['links'])) {
+
+		$res = Http::retry(3, 100)
+			->acceptJson()
+			->withHeaders([
+				'User-Agent' => '(Pixelfed/' . config('pixelfed.version') . '; +' . config('app.url') . ')'
+			])
+			->timeout(20)
+			->get($url);
+
+		if(!$res->successful()) {
 			return [];
 		}
-		$profile = Helpers::profileFetch($webfinger['links'][0]['href']);
-		$fractal = new Fractal\Manager();
-		$fractal->setSerializer(new ArraySerializer());
-		$resource = new Fractal\Resource\Item($profile, new AccountTransformer());
-		$res = $fractal->createData($resource)->toArray();
-		return $res;
+
+		$webfinger = $res->json();
+		if(!isset($webfinger['links']) || !is_array($webfinger['links']) || empty($webfinger['links'])) {
+			return [];
+		}
+
+		$link = collect($webfinger['links'])
+			->filter(function($link) {
+				return $link &&
+					isset($link['type']) &&
+					isset($link['href']) &&
+					$link['type'] == 'application/activity+json';
+			})
+			->pluck('href')
+			->first();
+
+		$profile = Helpers::profileFetch($link);
+		return AccountService::get($profile->id);
 	}
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}