diff --git a/frontends/src/quick_frontend/quick_app.py b/frontends/src/quick_frontend/quick_app.py
index 6399f260..00609177 100644
--- a/frontends/src/quick_frontend/quick_app.py
+++ b/frontends/src/quick_frontend/quick_app.py
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ log = getLogger(__name__)
 from sat.core.i18n import _
 from sat.core import exceptions
 from sat.tools import trigger
+from sat.tools.common import data_format
 
 from sat_frontends.tools import jid
 from sat_frontends.quick_frontend import quick_widgets
@@ -689,10 +690,7 @@ class QuickApp(object):
                 if not 'content' in data:
                     log.warning("No content found in microblog data")
                     return
-                if 'groups' in data:
-                    _groups = set(data['groups'].split() if data['groups'] else [])
-                else:
-                    _groups = None
+                _groups = set(data_format.dict2iter('group', data)) or None  # FIXME: check if [] make sense (instead of None)
 
                 for wid in self.widgets.getWidgets(quick_blog.QuickBlog):
                     wid.addEntryIfAccepted(service_s, node, data, _groups, profile)