diff --git a/src/services/entity_normalizer/entity_normalizer.service.js b/src/services/entity_normalizer/entity_normalizer.service.js
index becbab15..d78c6a76 100644
--- a/src/services/entity_normalizer/entity_normalizer.service.js
+++ b/src/services/entity_normalizer/entity_normalizer.service.js
@@ -102,6 +102,8 @@ export const parseUser = (data) => {
     output.default_scope = data.default_scope
     output.hide_network = data.hide_network
     output.background_image = data.background_image
+    // on mastoapi this info is contained in a "relationship"
+    output.following = data.following
   }
 
   output.created_at = new Date(data.created_at)