diff --git a/src/plugins/plugin_xep_0277.py b/src/plugins/plugin_xep_0277.py
index 9017f00b..d3220059 100755
--- a/src/plugins/plugin_xep_0277.py
+++ b/src/plugins/plugin_xep_0277.py
@@ -271,12 +271,12 @@ class XEP_0277(object):
                 log.warning(u"Unmanaged link element: rel={rel} title={title} href={href}".format(rel=rel, title=title, href=href))
 
         # author
-        publisher = item_elt.getAttribute("publisher")
         try:
             author_elt = entry_elt.elements(NS_ATOM, 'author').next()
         except StopIteration:
             log.debug(u"Can't find author element in item {}".format(id_))
         else:
+            publisher = item_elt.getAttribute("publisher")
             # name
             try:
                 name_elt = author_elt.elements(NS_ATOM, 'name').next()
@@ -302,7 +302,7 @@ class XEP_0277(object):
                 if not publisher:
                     log.debug(u"No publisher attribute, we can't verify author jid")
                     microblog_data['author_jid_verified'] = C.BOOL_FALSE
-                elif publisher.split("/")[0] == uri.split("/")[0]:
+                elif jid.JID(publisher).userhostJID() == jid.JID(uri).userhostJID():
                     microblog_data['author_jid_verified'] = C.BOOL_TRUE
                 else:
                     log.warning(u"item atom:uri differ from publisher attribute, spoofing attempt ? atom:uri = {} publisher = {}".format(uri, item_elt.getAttribute("publisher")))