diff --git a/lib/pleroma/flake_id.ex b/lib/pleroma/flake_id.ex
index 4259d5718..58ab3650d 100644
--- a/lib/pleroma/flake_id.ex
+++ b/lib/pleroma/flake_id.ex
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ def from_string(<<_::integer-size(128)>> = flake), do: flake
 
   def from_string(string) when is_binary(string) and byte_size(string) < 18 do
     case Integer.parse(string) do
-      {id, _} -> <<0::integer-size(64), id::integer-size(64)>>
+      {id, ""} -> <<0::integer-size(64), id::integer-size(64)>>
       _ -> nil
     end
   end
diff --git a/test/user_test.exs b/test/user_test.exs
index 8cf2ba6ab..e31b88b28 100644
--- a/test/user_test.exs
+++ b/test/user_test.exs
@@ -200,6 +200,13 @@ test "test if a user is following another user" do
     refute User.following?(followed, user)
   end
 
+  test "fetches correct profile for nickname beginning with number" do
+    # Use old-style integer ID to try to reproduce the problem
+    user = insert(:user, %{id: 1080})
+    userwithnumbers = insert(:user, %{nickname: "#{user.id}garbage"})
+    assert userwithnumbers == User.get_cached_by_nickname_or_id(userwithnumbers.nickname)
+  end
+
   describe "user registration" do
     @full_user_data %{
       bio: "A guy",
diff --git a/test/web/mastodon_api/mastodon_api_controller_test.exs b/test/web/mastodon_api/mastodon_api_controller_test.exs
index d9bcbf5a9..01a470558 100644
--- a/test/web/mastodon_api/mastodon_api_controller_test.exs
+++ b/test/web/mastodon_api/mastodon_api_controller_test.exs
@@ -2265,4 +2265,30 @@ test "preserves parameters in link headers", %{conn: conn} do
       assert link_header =~ ~r/max_id=#{notification1.id}/
     end
   end
+
+  test "accounts fetches correct account for nicknames beginning with numbers", %{conn: conn} do
+    # Need to set an old-style integer ID to reproduce the problem
+    # (these are no longer assigned to new accounts but were preserved
+    # for existing accounts during the migration to flakeIDs)
+    user_one = insert(:user, %{id: 1212})
+    user_two = insert(:user, %{nickname: "#{user_one.id}garbage"})
+
+    resp_one =
+      conn
+      |> get("/api/v1/accounts/#{user_one.id}")
+
+    resp_two =
+      conn
+      |> get("/api/v1/accounts/#{user_two.nickname}")
+
+    resp_three =
+      conn
+      |> get("/api/v1/accounts/#{user_two.id}")
+
+    acc_one = json_response(resp_one, 200)
+    acc_two = json_response(resp_two, 200)
+    acc_three = json_response(resp_three, 200)
+    refute acc_one == acc_two
+    assert acc_two == acc_three
+  end
 end