diff --git a/src/BirdsiteLive.Common/Settings/InstanceSettings.cs b/src/BirdsiteLive.Common/Settings/InstanceSettings.cs
index ba2a517..2ce9715 100644
--- a/src/BirdsiteLive.Common/Settings/InstanceSettings.cs
+++ b/src/BirdsiteLive.Common/Settings/InstanceSettings.cs
@@ -4,5 +4,6 @@
     {
         public string Domain { get; set; }
         public string AdminEmail { get; set; }
+        public bool ResolveMentionsInProfiles { get; set; }
     }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/BirdsiteLive.Domain/StatusService.cs b/src/BirdsiteLive.Domain/StatusService.cs
index a1b3d38..c669779 100644
--- a/src/BirdsiteLive.Domain/StatusService.cs
+++ b/src/BirdsiteLive.Domain/StatusService.cs
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ namespace BirdsiteLive.Domain
             var to = $"{actorUrl}/followers";
             var apPublic = "https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams#Public";
 
-            var extractedTags = _statusExtractor.ExtractTags(tweet.MessageContent);
+            var extractedTags = _statusExtractor.Extract(tweet.MessageContent);
             _statisticsHandler.ExtractedStatus(extractedTags.tags.Count(x => x.type == "Mention"));
 
             string inReplyTo = null;
diff --git a/src/BirdsiteLive.Domain/Tools/StatusExtractor.cs b/src/BirdsiteLive.Domain/Tools/StatusExtractor.cs
index ed401a6..778f6b5 100644
--- a/src/BirdsiteLive.Domain/Tools/StatusExtractor.cs
+++ b/src/BirdsiteLive.Domain/Tools/StatusExtractor.cs
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ namespace BirdsiteLive.Domain.Tools
 {
     public interface IStatusExtractor
     {
-        (string content, Tag[] tags) ExtractTags(string messageContent);
+        (string content, Tag[] tags) Extract(string messageContent, bool extractMentions = true);
     }
 
     public class StatusExtractor : IStatusExtractor
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ namespace BirdsiteLive.Domain.Tools
         }
         #endregion
 
-        public (string content, Tag[] tags) ExtractTags(string messageContent)
+        public (string content, Tag[] tags) Extract(string messageContent, bool extractMentions = true)
         {
             var tags = new List<Tag>();
             messageContent = $" {messageContent} ";
@@ -102,22 +102,25 @@ namespace BirdsiteLive.Domain.Tools
             }
 
             // Extract Mentions
-            var mentionMatch = OrderByLength(_mentionRegex.Matches(messageContent));
-            foreach (Match m in mentionMatch.OrderByDescending(x => x.Length))
+            if (extractMentions)
             {
-                var mention = m.ToString().Replace("@", string.Empty).Replace("\n", string.Empty).Trim();
-                var url = $"https://{_instanceSettings.Domain}/users/{mention}";
-                var name = $"@{mention}@{_instanceSettings.Domain}";
-
-                tags.Add(new Tag
+                var mentionMatch = OrderByLength(_mentionRegex.Matches(messageContent));
+                foreach (Match m in mentionMatch.OrderByDescending(x => x.Length))
                 {
-                    name = name,
-                    href = url,
-                    type = "Mention"
-                });
+                    var mention = m.ToString().Replace("@", string.Empty).Replace("\n", string.Empty).Trim();
+                    var url = $"https://{_instanceSettings.Domain}/users/{mention}";
+                    var name = $"@{mention}@{_instanceSettings.Domain}";
 
-                messageContent = Regex.Replace(messageContent, m.ToString(),
-                    $@" <span class=""h-card""><a href=""https://{_instanceSettings.Domain}/@{mention}"" class=""u-url mention"">@<span>{mention}</span></a></span>");
+                    tags.Add(new Tag
+                    {
+                        name = name,
+                        href = url,
+                        type = "Mention"
+                    });
+
+                    messageContent = Regex.Replace(messageContent, m.ToString(),
+                        $@" <span class=""h-card""><a href=""https://{_instanceSettings.Domain}/@{mention}"" class=""u-url mention"">@<span>{mention}</span></a></span>");
+                }
             }
 
             // Clean up return lines
diff --git a/src/BirdsiteLive.Domain/UserService.cs b/src/BirdsiteLive.Domain/UserService.cs
index 6e498af..6131ca9 100644
--- a/src/BirdsiteLive.Domain/UserService.cs
+++ b/src/BirdsiteLive.Domain/UserService.cs
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ namespace BirdsiteLive.Domain
             var description = twitterUser.Description;
             if (!string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(description))
             {
-                var extracted = _statusExtractor.ExtractTags(description);
+                var extracted = _statusExtractor.Extract(description, _instanceSettings.ResolveMentionsInProfiles);
                 description = extracted.content;
 
                 _statisticsHandler.ExtractedDescription(extracted.tags.Count(x => x.type == "Mention"));
diff --git a/src/BirdsiteLive/appsettings.json b/src/BirdsiteLive/appsettings.json
index f240094..d0c49bf 100644
--- a/src/BirdsiteLive/appsettings.json
+++ b/src/BirdsiteLive/appsettings.json
@@ -11,7 +11,8 @@
   "AllowedHosts": "*",
   "Instance": {
     "Domain": "domain.name",
-    "AdminEmail": "me@domain.name"
+    "AdminEmail": "me@domain.name",
+    "ResolveMentionsInProfiles": true
   },
   "Db": {
     "Type": "postgres",
diff --git a/src/Tests/BirdsiteLive.Domain.Tests/Tools/StatusExtractorTests.cs b/src/Tests/BirdsiteLive.Domain.Tests/Tools/StatusExtractorTests.cs
index 32d1faa..f5dc91a 100644
--- a/src/Tests/BirdsiteLive.Domain.Tests/Tools/StatusExtractorTests.cs
+++ b/src/Tests/BirdsiteLive.Domain.Tests/Tools/StatusExtractorTests.cs
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ namespace BirdsiteLive.Domain.Tests.Tools
             #endregion
             
             var service = new StatusExtractor(_settings);
-            var result = service.ExtractTags(message);
+            var result = service.Extract(message);
 
             #region Validations
             Assert.IsTrue(result.content.Contains("Bla."));
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ namespace BirdsiteLive.Domain.Tests.Tools
             #endregion
 
             var service = new StatusExtractor(_settings);
-            var result = service.ExtractTags(message);
+            var result = service.Extract(message);
 
             #region Validations
             Assert.IsTrue(result.content.Contains("Bla."));
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ namespace BirdsiteLive.Domain.Tests.Tools
             #endregion
 
             var service = new StatusExtractor(_settings);
-            var result = service.ExtractTags(message);
+            var result = service.Extract(message);
 
             #region Validations
             Assert.AreEqual(0, result.tags.Length);
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ namespace BirdsiteLive.Domain.Tests.Tools
             #endregion
 
             var service = new StatusExtractor(_settings);
-            var result = service.ExtractTags(message);
+            var result = service.Extract(message);
 
             #region Validations
             Assert.AreEqual(0, result.tags.Length);
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ namespace BirdsiteLive.Domain.Tests.Tools
             #endregion
 
             var service = new StatusExtractor(_settings);
-            var result = service.ExtractTags(message);
+            var result = service.Extract(message);
 
             #region Validations
             Assert.AreEqual(0, result.tags.Length);
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ namespace BirdsiteLive.Domain.Tests.Tools
             #endregion
 
             var service = new StatusExtractor(_settings);
-            var result = service.ExtractTags(message);
+            var result = service.Extract(message);
 
             #region Validations
             Assert.AreEqual(0, result.tags.Length);
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ namespace BirdsiteLive.Domain.Tests.Tools
             #endregion
 
             var service = new StatusExtractor(_settings);
-            var result = service.ExtractTags(message);
+            var result = service.Extract(message);
 
             #region Validations
             Assert.AreEqual(1, result.tags.Length);
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ namespace BirdsiteLive.Domain.Tests.Tools
             #endregion
 
             var service = new StatusExtractor(_settings);
-            var result = service.ExtractTags(message);
+            var result = service.Extract(message);
 
             #region Validations
             Assert.AreEqual(1, result.tags.Length);
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ namespace BirdsiteLive.Domain.Tests.Tools
             #endregion
 
             var service = new StatusExtractor(_settings);
-            var result = service.ExtractTags(message);
+            var result = service.Extract(message);
 
             #region Validations
             Assert.AreEqual(1, result.tags.Length);
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ namespace BirdsiteLive.Domain.Tests.Tools
             #endregion
 
             var service = new StatusExtractor(_settings);
-            var result = service.ExtractTags(message);
+            var result = service.Extract(message);
 
             #region Validations
             Assert.AreEqual(4, result.tags.Length);
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ namespace BirdsiteLive.Domain.Tests.Tools
             #endregion
 
             var service = new StatusExtractor(_settings);
-            var result = service.ExtractTags(message);
+            var result = service.Extract(message);
 
             #region Validations
             Assert.AreEqual(1, result.tags.Length);
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ namespace BirdsiteLive.Domain.Tests.Tools
             #endregion
 
             var service = new StatusExtractor(_settings);
-            var result = service.ExtractTags(message);
+            var result = service.Extract(message);
 
             #region Validations
             Assert.AreEqual(1, result.tags.Length);
@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ namespace BirdsiteLive.Domain.Tests.Tools
             #endregion
 
             var service = new StatusExtractor(_settings);
-            var result = service.ExtractTags(message);
+            var result = service.Extract(message);
 
             #region Validations
             Assert.AreEqual(1, result.tags.Length);
@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@ namespace BirdsiteLive.Domain.Tests.Tools
             #endregion
 
             var service = new StatusExtractor(_settings);
-            var result = service.ExtractTags(message);
+            var result = service.Extract(message);
 
             #region Validations
             Assert.AreEqual(4, result.tags.Length);
@@ -302,7 +302,7 @@ namespace BirdsiteLive.Domain.Tests.Tools
             #endregion
 
             var service = new StatusExtractor(_settings);
-            var result = service.ExtractTags(message);
+            var result = service.Extract(message);
 
             #region Validations
             Assert.AreEqual(5, result.tags.Length);
@@ -325,7 +325,7 @@ namespace BirdsiteLive.Domain.Tests.Tools
             #endregion
 
             var service = new StatusExtractor(_settings);
-            var result = service.ExtractTags(message);
+            var result = service.Extract(message);
 
             #region Validations
             Assert.AreEqual(1, result.tags.Length);
@@ -345,7 +345,7 @@ namespace BirdsiteLive.Domain.Tests.Tools
             #endregion
 
             var service = new StatusExtractor(_settings);
-            var result = service.ExtractTags(message);
+            var result = service.Extract(message);
 
             #region Validations
             Assert.AreEqual(1, result.tags.Length);