diff --git a/src/Model/Profile.php b/src/Model/Profile.php
index 2b2c1ac97d..5fbfc4ba5a 100644
--- a/src/Model/Profile.php
+++ b/src/Model/Profile.php
@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@ use Friendica\Core\System;
 use Friendica\Core\Worker;
 use Friendica\Database\DBA;
 use Friendica\DI;
+use Friendica\Network\HTTPClient\Client\HttpClientAccept;
+use Friendica\Network\HTTPClient\Client\HttpClientOptions;
 use Friendica\Network\HTTPException;
 use Friendica\Protocol\Activity;
 use Friendica\Protocol\Diaspora;
@@ -749,7 +751,7 @@ class Profile
 			$magic_path = $basepath . '/magic' . '?owa=1&dest=' . $dest . '&' . $addr_request;
 
 			// We have to check if the remote server does understand /magic without invoking something
-			$serverret = DI::httpClient()->head($basepath . '/magic');
+			$serverret = DI::httpClient()->head($basepath . '/magic', [HttpClientOptions::ACCEPT_CONTENT => HttpClientAccept::HTML]);
 			if ($serverret->isSuccess()) {
 				Logger::info('Doing magic auth for visitor ' . $my_url . ' to ' . $magic_path);
 				System::externalRedirect($magic_path);
diff --git a/src/Util/ParseUrl.php b/src/Util/ParseUrl.php
index f3831b52e7..1cc35fadcc 100644
--- a/src/Util/ParseUrl.php
+++ b/src/Util/ParseUrl.php
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ class ParseUrl
 	 */
 	public static function getContentType(string $url, string $accept = HttpClientAccept::DEFAULT)
 	{
-		$curlResult = DI::httpClient()->head($url);
+		$curlResult = DI::httpClient()->head($url, [HttpClientOptions::ACCEPT_CONTENT => $accept]);
 
 		// Workaround for systems that can't handle a HEAD request
 		if (!$curlResult->isSuccess() && ($curlResult->getReturnCode() == 405)) {