diff --git a/web/clitools/getinstinfo.php b/web/clitools/getinstinfo.php
index c30984a..63d2a45 100755
--- a/web/clitools/getinstinfo.php
+++ b/web/clitools/getinstinfo.php
@@ -404,7 +404,6 @@ if ($idata['IsMastodon'] && !is_null($idata['Version']) && $idata['Version']>='4
 						$idata['AdmAccount']='OPTED OUT';// here we rely on the fact that nobody could set "acct" to "OPTED OUT" since it doesn't allow spaces
 					$idata['AdmAvatar']='unavailable';
 				}
-				// domain_count is gone from api v2, and we won't resort to api v1 just to get it when ver. >= 4.0.0
 				if (isset($buf['languages']) && is_array($buf['languages']))
 					$idata['languages']=$buf['languages'];
 				if (isset($buf['rules']) && is_array($buf['rules']))
@@ -420,21 +419,24 @@ if ($idata['IsMastodon'] && !is_null($idata['Version']) && $idata['Version']>='4
 	} else {
 		eecho(2,'«'.$opts['hostname'].'»: could not fetch instance info from API v2: '.$buf['emsg'].'.'.N);
 	}
-	eecho(0,'«'.$opts['hostname'].'»: trying to fetch instance extended description from API v1...'.N);
-	$buf=@gurl('https://'.$opts['hostname'].'/api/v1/instance/extended_description',$opts['conntimeout'],$opts['functimeout'],['Accept: application/json'],$opts['proxy']);
+	// "domain count" is only listed by /api/v1/instance (extended description is retrievable also from /api/v1/instance/extended_description)
+	eecho(0,'«'.$opts['hostname'].'»: trying to fetch domain count and instance extended description from API v1...'.N);
+	$buf=@gurl('https://'.$opts['hostname'].'/api/v1/instance',$opts['conntimeout'],$opts['functimeout'],['Accept: application/json'],$opts['proxy']);
 	if ($buf['cont']!==false) {
 		ckratelimit($buf['headers'],"«{$opts['hostname']}»");
 		$buf=@json_decode($buf['cont'],true);
 		if (is_array($buf)) {
-			eecho(1,'«'.$opts['hostname'].'»: got instance extended description from API v1 :-)'.N);
+			eecho(1,'«'.$opts['hostname'].'»: got instance info from API v1 :-)'.N);
 			//print_r($buf);
-			if (isset($buf['content']) && is_string($buf['content']) && !isempty($buf['content']))
-				$idata['LongDesc']=trim($buf['content']);
+			if (isset($buf['description']) && is_string($buf['description']) && !isempty($buf['description']))
+				$idata['LongDesc']=trim($buf['description']);
+			if (isset($buf['stats']['domain_count']) && is_int($buf['stats']['domain_count']))
+				$idata['DomainCount']=$buf['stats']['domain_count'];
 		} else {
-			eecho(2,'«'.$opts['hostname'].'»: instance extended description fetched from API v1 was not good JSON.'.N);
+			eecho(2,'«'.$opts['hostname'].'»: instance info fetched from API v1 was not good JSON.'.N);
 		}
 	} else {
-		eecho(2,'«'.$opts['hostname'].'»: could not fetch instance extended description from API v1: '.$buf['emsg'].'.'.N);
+		eecho(2,'«'.$opts['hostname'].'»: could not fetch instance info from API v1: '.$buf['emsg'].'.'.N);
 	}
 	eecho(0,'«'.$opts['hostname'].'»: trying to fetch instance domain blocks from API v1...'.N);
 	$buf=@gurl('https://'.$opts['hostname'].'/api/v1/instance/domain_blocks',$opts['conntimeout'],$opts['functimeout'],['Accept: application/json'],$opts['proxy']);
@@ -485,7 +487,7 @@ if ($idata['IsMastodon'] && !is_null($idata['Version']) && $idata['Version']>='4
 		$buf=@json_decode($buf['cont'],true);
 		if (is_array($buf)) {
 			if (make(['uri', 'title', 'short_description', 'description', 'email', 'version', 'urls', 'stats', 'thumbnail', 'languages', 'registrations', 'approval_required', 'contact_account'],$buf)) {
-				eecho(1,'«'.$opts['hostname'].'»: got good instance info from API v1 :-)'.N);
+				eecho(1,'«'.$opts['hostname'].'»: got instance info from API v1 :-)'.N);
 				//print_r($buf);
 				$instanswered=true;
 				if (isset($buf['title']) && is_string($buf['title']) && !isempty($buf['title']))