diff --git a/src/App.js b/src/App.js
index a052e058ea..39c97a80d0 100644
--- a/src/App.js
+++ b/src/App.js
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ export default {
     style () { return { 'background-image': `url(${this.background})` } },
     sitename () { return this.$store.state.config.name },
     chat () { return this.$store.state.chat.channel.state === 'joined' },
-    showWhoToFollowPanel () { return this.$store.state.config.showWhoToFollowPanel },
+    suggestionsEnabled () { return this.$store.state.config.suggestionsEnabled },
     showInstanceSpecificPanel () { return this.$store.state.config.showInstanceSpecificPanel }
   },
   methods: {
diff --git a/src/App.vue b/src/App.vue
index 923d411b1e..71e9028919 100644
--- a/src/App.vue
+++ b/src/App.vue
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
               <user-panel></user-panel>
               <nav-panel></nav-panel>
               <instance-specific-panel v-if="showInstanceSpecificPanel"></instance-specific-panel>
-              <who-to-follow-panel v-if="currentUser && showWhoToFollowPanel"></who-to-follow-panel>
+              <who-to-follow-panel v-if="currentUser && suggestionsEnabled"></who-to-follow-panel>
               <notifications v-if="currentUser"></notifications>
             </div>
           </div>
diff --git a/src/components/who_to_follow_panel/who_to_follow_panel.js b/src/components/who_to_follow_panel/who_to_follow_panel.js
index d7626dd41b..70b35980bb 100644
--- a/src/components/who_to_follow_panel/who_to_follow_panel.js
+++ b/src/components/who_to_follow_panel/who_to_follow_panel.js
@@ -85,9 +85,9 @@ const WhoToFollowPanel = {
     moreUrl: function () {
       var host = window.location.hostname
       var user = this.user
-      var whoToFollowLink = this.$store.state.config.whoToFollowLink
+      var suggestionsWeb = this.$store.state.config.suggestionsWeb
       var url
-      url = whoToFollowLink.replace(/{{host}}/g, encodeURIComponent(host))
+      url = suggestionsWeb.replace(/{{host}}/g, encodeURIComponent(host))
       url = url.replace(/{{user}}/g, encodeURIComponent(user))
       return url
     },
diff --git a/src/main.js b/src/main.js
index 06f8a6ec5a..4124214da7 100644
--- a/src/main.js
+++ b/src/main.js
@@ -192,3 +192,11 @@ window.fetch('/instance/panel.html')
     store.dispatch('setOption', { name: 'instanceSpecificPanelContent', value: html })
   })
 
+window.fetch('/nodeinfo/2.0.json')
+  .then((res) => res.json())
+  .then((data) => {
+    const suggestions = data.metadata.suggestions
+    store.dispatch('setOption', { name: 'suggestionsEnabled', value: suggestions.enabled })
+    store.dispatch('setOption', { name: 'suggestionsWeb', value: suggestions.web })
+  })
+