diff --git a/web/clitools/getinstinfo.php b/web/clitools/getinstinfo.php
index 63d2a45..77eaee5 100755
--- a/web/clitools/getinstinfo.php
+++ b/web/clitools/getinstinfo.php
@@ -419,17 +419,14 @@ if ($idata['IsMastodon'] && !is_null($idata['Version']) && $idata['Version']>='4
 	} else {
 		eecho(2,'«'.$opts['hostname'].'»: could not fetch instance info from API v2: '.$buf['emsg'].'.'.N);
 	}
-	// "domain count" is only listed by /api/v1/instance (extended description is retrievable also from /api/v1/instance/extended_description)
-	eecho(0,'«'.$opts['hostname'].'»: trying to fetch domain count and instance extended description from API v1...'.N);
+	// "domain count" is only listed by /api/v1/instance
+	eecho(0,'«'.$opts['hostname'].'»: trying to fetch domain count 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 info from API v1 :-)'.N);
-			//print_r($buf);
-			if (isset($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 {
@@ -438,6 +435,21 @@ if ($idata['IsMastodon'] && !is_null($idata['Version']) && $idata['Version']>='4
 	} else {
 		eecho(2,'«'.$opts['hostname'].'»: could not fetch instance info from API v1: '.$buf['emsg'].'.'.N);
 	}
+	eecho(0,'«'.$opts['hostname'].'»: trying to fetch extended description from API v1...'.N);
+	$buf=@gurl('https://'.$opts['hostname'].'/api/v1/instance/extended_description',$opts['conntimeout'],$opts['functimeout'],['Accept: application/json'],$opts['proxy']);
+	if ($buf['cont']!==false) {
+		ckratelimit($buf['headers'],"«{$opts['hostname']}»");
+		$buf=@json_decode($buf['cont'],true);
+		if (is_array($buf)) {
+			eecho(1,'«'.$opts['hostname'].'»: got extended description from API v1 :-)'.N);
+			if (isset($buf['content']) && is_string($buf['content']) && !isempty($buf['content']))
+				$idata['LongDesc']=trim($buf['content']);
+		} else {
+			eecho(2,'«'.$opts['hostname'].'»: instance extended description fetched from API v1 was not good JSON.'.N);
+		}
+	} else {
+		eecho(2,'«'.$opts['hostname'].'»: could not fetch instance extended description from API v1: '.$buf['emsg'].'.'.N);
+	}
 	eecho(0,'«'.$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'],$opts['proxy']);
 	if ($buf['cont']!==false) {