diff --git a/lib/pleroma/web/mastodon_api/mastodon_api_controller.ex b/lib/pleroma/web/mastodon_api/mastodon_api_controller.ex
index 64a8a66f7..5fb51e8fa 100644
--- a/lib/pleroma/web/mastodon_api/mastodon_api_controller.ex
+++ b/lib/pleroma/web/mastodon_api/mastodon_api_controller.ex
@@ -236,7 +236,11 @@ def user_statuses(%{assigns: %{user: reading_user}} = conn, params) do
 
       conn
       |> add_link_headers(:user_statuses, activities, params["id"])
-      |> render(StatusView, "index.json", %{activities: activities, for: user, as: :activity})
+      |> render(StatusView, "index.json", %{
+        activities: activities,
+        for: reading_user,
+        as: :activity
+      })
     end
   end
 
diff --git a/lib/pleroma/web/twitter_api/twitter_api_controller.ex b/lib/pleroma/web/twitter_api/twitter_api_controller.ex
index c2b0bb01d..320f2fcf4 100644
--- a/lib/pleroma/web/twitter_api/twitter_api_controller.ex
+++ b/lib/pleroma/web/twitter_api/twitter_api_controller.ex
@@ -309,18 +309,18 @@ def update_most_recent_notification(%{assigns: %{user: user}} = conn, %{"id" =>
   end
 
   def followers(conn, params) do
-    with {:ok, user} <- TwitterAPI.get_user(conn.assigns.user, params),
+    with {:ok, user} <- TwitterAPI.get_user(conn.assigns[:user], params),
          {:ok, followers} <- User.get_followers(user) do
-      render(conn, UserView, "index.json", %{users: followers, for: user})
+      render(conn, UserView, "index.json", %{users: followers, for: conn.assigns[:user]})
     else
       _e -> bad_request_reply(conn, "Can't get followers")
     end
   end
 
   def friends(conn, params) do
-    with {:ok, user} <- TwitterAPI.get_user(conn.assigns.user, params),
+    with {:ok, user} <- TwitterAPI.get_user(conn.assigns[:user], params),
          {:ok, friends} <- User.get_friends(user) do
-      render(conn, UserView, "index.json", %{users: friends, for: user})
+      render(conn, UserView, "index.json", %{users: friends, for: conn.assigns[:user]})
     else
       _e -> bad_request_reply(conn, "Can't get friends")
     end
diff --git a/test/web/twitter_api/twitter_api_controller_test.exs b/test/web/twitter_api/twitter_api_controller_test.exs
index c2ea41aa3..03e5824a9 100644
--- a/test/web/twitter_api/twitter_api_controller_test.exs
+++ b/test/web/twitter_api/twitter_api_controller_test.exs
@@ -668,6 +668,7 @@ test "it returns a given user's friends with user_id", %{conn: conn} do
 
       conn =
         conn
+        |> assign(:user, user)
         |> get("/api/statuses/friends", %{"user_id" => user.id})
 
       assert MapSet.equal?(
@@ -689,6 +690,7 @@ test "it returns a given user's friends with screen_name", %{conn: conn} do
 
       conn =
         conn
+        |> assign(:user, user)
         |> get("/api/statuses/friends", %{"screen_name" => user.nickname})
 
       assert MapSet.equal?(