diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/ProfileController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/ProfileController.php
index 1a21e6116..a1749975c 100644
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/ProfileController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/ProfileController.php
@@ -2,21 +2,36 @@
 
 namespace App\Http\Controllers;
 
+use Illuminate\Http\Request;
+use Auth;
+use Cache;
 use App\Follower;
 use App\Profile;
-use App\Transformer\ActivityPub\ProfileTransformer;
 use App\User;
-use Auth;
-use Illuminate\Http\Request;
+use App\UserFilter;
 use League\Fractal;
+use App\Util\Lexer\Nickname;
+use App\Util\Webfinger\Webfinger;
+use App\Transformer\ActivityPub\ProfileOutbox;
+use App\Transformer\ActivityPub\ProfileTransformer;
 
 class ProfileController extends Controller
 {
     public function show(Request $request, $username)
     {
         $user = Profile::whereUsername($username)->firstOrFail();
+        return $this->buildProfile($request, $user);
+    }
+
+    // TODO: refactor this mess
+    protected function buildProfile(Request $request, $user)
+    {
+        $username = $user->username;
+        $loggedIn = Auth::check();
+        $isPrivate = false;
+
         if ($user->remote_url) {
-            $settings = new \StdClass();
+            $settings = new \StdClass;
             $settings->crawlable = false;
         } else {
             $settings = User::whereUsername($username)->firstOrFail()->settings;
@@ -27,22 +42,27 @@ class ProfileController extends Controller
         }
 
         if ($user->is_private == true) {
-            $can_access = $this->privateProfileCheck($user);
-            if ($can_access !== true) {
-                abort(403);
-            }
+            $isPrivate = $this->privateProfileCheck($user);
         }
-        // TODO: refactor this mess
-        $owner = Auth::check() && Auth::id() === $user->user_id;
-        $is_following = ($owner == false && Auth::check()) ? $user->followedBy(Auth::user()->profile) : false;
-        $is_admin = is_null($user->domain) ? $user->user->is_admin : false;
-        $timeline = $user->statuses()
+
+        if ($loggedIn == true) {
+            $isPrivate = $this->blockedProfileCheck($user);
+        }
+
+        if ($isPrivate == true) {
+            return view('profile.private', compact('user'));
+        } else {
+            $owner = $loggedIn && Auth::id() === $user->user_id;
+            $is_following = ($owner == false && Auth::check()) ? $user->followedBy(Auth::user()->profile) : false;
+            $is_admin = is_null($user->domain) ? $user->user->is_admin : false;
+            $timeline = $user->statuses()
                   ->whereHas('media')
                   ->whereNull('in_reply_to_id')
                   ->whereNull('reblog_of_id')
                   ->orderBy('created_at', 'desc')
                   ->withCount(['comments', 'likes'])
                   ->simplePaginate(21);
+        }
 
         return view('profile.show', compact('user', 'settings', 'owner', 'is_following', 'is_admin', 'timeline'));
     }
@@ -64,9 +84,8 @@ class ProfileController extends Controller
         if (Auth::check() === false) {
             return false;
         }
-
-        $follower_ids = (array) $profile->followers()->pluck('followers.profile_id');
         $pid = Auth::user()->profile->id;
+        $follower_ids = $profile->followers()->pluck('followers.profile_id')->toArray();
         if (!in_array($pid, $follower_ids) && $pid !== $profile->id) {
             return false;
         }
@@ -74,12 +93,26 @@ class ProfileController extends Controller
         return true;
     }
 
+    protected function blockedProfileCheck(Profile $profile)
+    {
+        $pid = Auth::user()->profile->id;
+        $blocks = UserFilter::whereUserId($profile->id)
+                ->whereFilterType('block')
+                ->whereFilterableType('App\Profile')
+                ->pluck('filterable_id')
+                ->toArray();
+        if (in_array($pid, $blocks)) {
+            return true;
+        }
+
+        return false;
+    }
+
     public function showActivityPub(Request $request, $user)
     {
         $fractal = new Fractal\Manager();
-        $resource = new Fractal\Resource\Item($user, new ProfileTransformer());
+        $resource = new Fractal\Resource\Item($user, new ProfileTransformer);
         $res = $fractal->createData($resource)->toArray();
-
         return response(json_encode($res['data']))->header('Content-Type', 'application/activity+json');
     }
 
@@ -87,22 +120,25 @@ class ProfileController extends Controller
     {
         $profile = Profile::whereUsername($user)->firstOrFail();
         $items = $profile->statuses()->orderBy('created_at', 'desc')->take(10)->get();
-
         return response()->view('atom.user', compact('profile', 'items'))
         ->header('Content-Type', 'application/atom+xml');
     }
 
     public function followers(Request $request, $username)
     {
-        $profile = Profile::whereUsername($username)->firstOrFail();
+        $profile = $user = Profile::whereUsername($username)->firstOrFail();
         // TODO: fix $profile/$user mismatch in profile & follower templates
-        $user = $profile;
         $owner = Auth::check() && Auth::id() === $user->user_id;
         $is_following = ($owner == false && Auth::check()) ? $user->followedBy(Auth::user()->profile) : false;
         $followers = $profile->followers()->orderBy('created_at', 'desc')->simplePaginate(12);
         $is_admin = is_null($user->domain) ? $user->user->is_admin : false;
-
-        return view('profile.followers', compact('user', 'profile', 'followers', 'owner', 'is_following', 'is_admin'));
+        if ($user->remote_url) {
+            $settings = new \StdClass;
+            $settings->crawlable = false;
+        } else {
+            $settings = User::whereUsername($username)->firstOrFail()->settings;
+        }
+        return view('profile.followers', compact('user', 'profile', 'followers', 'owner', 'is_following', 'is_admin', 'settings'));
     }
 
     public function following(Request $request, $username)
@@ -114,8 +150,13 @@ class ProfileController extends Controller
         $is_following = ($owner == false && Auth::check()) ? $user->followedBy(Auth::user()->profile) : false;
         $following = $profile->following()->orderBy('created_at', 'desc')->simplePaginate(12);
         $is_admin = is_null($user->domain) ? $user->user->is_admin : false;
-
-        return view('profile.following', compact('user', 'profile', 'following', 'owner', 'is_following', 'is_admin'));
+        if ($user->remote_url) {
+            $settings = new \StdClass;
+            $settings->crawlable = false;
+        } else {
+            $settings = User::whereUsername($username)->firstOrFail()->settings;
+        }
+        return view('profile.following', compact('user', 'profile', 'following', 'owner', 'is_following', 'is_admin', 'settings'));
     }
 
     public function savedBookmarks(Request $request, $username)
@@ -127,10 +168,9 @@ class ProfileController extends Controller
         $settings = User::whereUsername($username)->firstOrFail()->settings;
         $owner = true;
         $following = false;
-        $timeline = $user->bookmarks()->withCount(['likes', 'comments'])->orderBy('created_at', 'desc')->simplePaginate(10);
+        $timeline = $user->bookmarks()->withCount(['likes','comments'])->orderBy('created_at', 'desc')->simplePaginate(10);
         $is_following = ($owner == false && Auth::check()) ? $user->followedBy(Auth::user()->profile) : false;
         $is_admin = is_null($user->domain) ? $user->user->is_admin : false;
-
         return view('profile.show', compact('user', 'settings', 'owner', 'following', 'timeline', 'is_following', 'is_admin'));
     }
 }