diff --git a/actions/newnotice.php b/actions/newnotice.php
index a98829cd87..bf5fd5bcc0 100644
--- a/actions/newnotice.php
+++ b/actions/newnotice.php
@@ -38,9 +38,10 @@ class NewnoticeAction extends Action {
 
 		$user = common_current_user();
 		assert($user); # XXX: maybe an error instead...
-		$notice = DB_DataObject::factory('notice');
+		$notice = new Notice();
 		assert($notice);
 		$notice->profile_id = $user->id; # user id *is* profile id
+		$notice->is_local = 1;
 		$notice->created = DB_DataObject_Cast::dateTime();
 		# Default theme uses 'content' for something else
 		$notice->content = $this->trimmed('status_textarea');
diff --git a/actions/postnotice.php b/actions/postnotice.php
index c86e095ff6..ab12277bbd 100644
--- a/actions/postnotice.php
+++ b/actions/postnotice.php
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ class PostnoticeAction extends Action {
 		$notice = Notice::staticGet('uri', $notice_uri);
 		if (!$notice) {
 			$notice = new Notice();
+			$notice->is_local = 0;
 			$notice->profile_id = $remote_profile->id;
 			$notice->uri = $notice_uri;
 			$notice->content = $content;
diff --git a/maildaemon.php b/maildaemon.php
index f6de49d8d3..f8fd7c11ae 100755
--- a/maildaemon.php
+++ b/maildaemon.php
@@ -116,6 +116,7 @@ class MailerDaemon {
 
 	function add_notice($user, $msg) {
 		$notice = new Notice();
+		$notice->is_local = 1;
 		$notice->profile_id = $user->id;
 		$notice->content = trim(substr($msg, 0, 140));
 		$notice->rendered = common_render_content($notice->content, $notice);
diff --git a/xmppdaemon.php b/xmppdaemon.php
index 9389e6fc9d..d2e609b440 100755
--- a/xmppdaemon.php
+++ b/xmppdaemon.php
@@ -224,6 +224,7 @@ class XMPPDaemon {
 
 	function add_notice(&$user, &$pl) {
 		$notice = new Notice();
+		$notice->is_local = 1;
 		$notice->profile_id = $user->id;
 		$notice->content = trim(substr($pl['body'], 0, 140));
 		$notice->rendered = common_render_content($notice->content, $notice);