diff --git a/mastodon/api.py b/mastodon/api.py
index b976eca6..4e753012 100644
--- a/mastodon/api.py
+++ b/mastodon/api.py
@@ -90,14 +90,15 @@ def post_toot(site, content, visibility, token, local_only=False):
     return response
 
 
-def get_instance_domain(domain_name):
+def get_instance_info(domain_name):
     if domain_name.lower().strip() == TWITTER_DOMAIN:
-        return TWITTER_DOMAIN
+        return TWITTER_DOMAIN, ''
     try:
         response = get(f'https://{domain_name}/api/v1/instance', headers={'User-Agent': 'NeoDB/1.0'})
-        return response.json()['uri'].lower().split('//')[-1].split('/')[0]
+        j = response.json()
+        return j['uri'].lower().split('//')[-1].split('/')[0], j['version']
     except:
-        return domain_name
+        return domain_name, ''
 
 
 def create_app(domain_name):
diff --git a/mastodon/auth.py b/mastodon/auth.py
index 697acd65..069ecb66 100644
--- a/mastodon/auth.py
+++ b/mastodon/auth.py
@@ -36,11 +36,12 @@ def get_mastodon_application(domain):
     return app, error_msg
 
 
-def get_mastodon_login_url(app, login_domain, request):
+def get_mastodon_login_url(app, login_domain, version, request):
     url = request.scheme + "://" + request.get_host() + reverse('users:OAuth2_login')
     if login_domain == TWITTER_DOMAIN:
         return f"https://twitter.com/i/oauth2/authorize?response_type=code&client_id={app.client_id}&redirect_uri={quote(url)}&scope={quote(settings.TWITTER_CLIENT_SCOPE)}&state=state&code_challenge=challenge&code_challenge_method=plain"
-    return "https://" + login_domain + "/oauth/authorize?client_id=" + app.client_id + "&scope=" + quote(settings.MASTODON_CLIENT_SCOPE) + "&redirect_uri=" + url + "&response_type=code"
+    scope = 'read' if 'Pixelfed' in version else settings.MASTODON_CLIENT_SCOPE
+    return "https://" + login_domain + "/oauth/authorize?client_id=" + app.client_id + "&scope=" + quote(scope) + "&redirect_uri=" + url + "&response_type=code"
 
 
 def obtain_token(site, request, code):
diff --git a/mastodon/management/commands/wrong_sites.py b/mastodon/management/commands/wrong_sites.py
index e3adeec4..f985a1e7 100644
--- a/mastodon/management/commands/wrong_sites.py
+++ b/mastodon/management/commands/wrong_sites.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 from django.core.management.base import BaseCommand
 from mastodon.models import MastodonApplication
 from django.conf import settings
-from mastodon.api import get_instance_domain
+from mastodon.api import get_instance_info
 from users.models import User
 
 
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ class Command(BaseCommand):
         for site in MastodonApplication.objects.all():
             d = site.domain_name
             login_domain = d.strip().lower().split('//')[-1].split('/')[0].split('@')[-1]
-            domain = get_instance_domain(login_domain)
+            domain, version = get_instance_info(login_domain)
             if d != domain:
                 print(f'{d} should be {domain}')
                 for u in User.objects.filter(mastodon_site=d, is_active=True):
diff --git a/mastodon/models.py b/mastodon/models.py
index 67aec03f..49346810 100644
--- a/mastodon/models.py
+++ b/mastodon/models.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ class MastodonApplication(models.Model):
     app_id = models.PositiveIntegerField(_('in-site app id'))  # TODO Remove? bc 1) it seems useless 2) GoToSocial returns a hash text id
     client_id = models.CharField(_('client id'), max_length=100)
     client_secret = models.CharField(_('client secret'), max_length=100)
-    vapid_key = models.CharField(_('vapid key'), max_length=200)
+    vapid_key = models.CharField(_('vapid key'), max_length=200, null=True, blank=True)
     star_mode = models.PositiveIntegerField(_('0: custom emoji; 1: unicode moon; 2: text'), blank=False, default=0)
     max_status_len = models.PositiveIntegerField(_('max toot len'), blank=False, default=500)
 
diff --git a/users/views.py b/users/views.py
index e1c0d8fe..6e530b6e 100644
--- a/users/views.py
+++ b/users/views.py
@@ -145,12 +145,12 @@ def connect(request):
         return redirect(reverse("users:login"))
     login_domain = request.session['swap_domain'] if request.session.get('swap_login') else request.GET.get('domain')
     login_domain = login_domain.strip().lower().split('//')[-1].split('/')[0].split('@')[-1]
-    domain = get_instance_domain(login_domain)
+    domain, version = get_instance_info(login_domain)
     app, error_msg = get_mastodon_application(domain)
     if app is None:
         return render(request, 'common/error.html', {'msg': error_msg, 'secondary_msg': "", })
     else:
-        login_url = get_mastodon_login_url(app, login_domain, request)
+        login_url = get_mastodon_login_url(app, login_domain, version, request)
         resp = redirect(login_url)
         resp.set_cookie("mastodon_domain", domain)
         return resp