diff --git a/app/build.gradle b/app/build.gradle
index 9a921259..d0cdef07 100644
--- a/app/build.gradle
+++ b/app/build.gradle
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@ android {
         applicationId 'org.nuclearfog.twidda'
         minSdkVersion 16
         targetSdkVersion 31
-        versionCode 50
-        versionName '1.10.5'
+        versionCode 51
+        versionName '1.10.6'
         // limiting language support for smaller APK size
         resConfigs 'en', 'de-rDE', 'zh-rCN'
         vectorDrawables.useSupportLibrary true
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/org/nuclearfog/twidda/backend/engine/TwitterEngine.java b/app/src/main/java/org/nuclearfog/twidda/backend/engine/TwitterEngine.java
index b5bb51e6..826072c0 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/org/nuclearfog/twidda/backend/engine/TwitterEngine.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/nuclearfog/twidda/backend/engine/TwitterEngine.java
@@ -175,7 +175,8 @@ public class TwitterEngine {
     public String request() throws EngineException {
         try {
             if (reqToken == null) {
-                reqToken = twitter.getOAuthRequestToken();
+                // request token without redirecting to the callback url
+                reqToken = twitter.getOAuthRequestToken("oob");
             }
         } catch (Exception err) {
             throw new EngineException(err);
@@ -881,8 +882,12 @@ public class TwitterEngine {
         try {
             UsersResponse response = LikesExKt.getLikingUsers(twitter, tweetId, null, null, null);
             List<User2> users = response.getUsers();
+            long[] ids = new long[users.size()];
+            for (int i = 0 ; i < ids.length ; i++)
+                ids[i] = users.get(i).getId();
+            // lookup users with Twitter4J for maximum compability
             UserList result = new UserList(cursor, 0);
-            result.addAll(convertUser2List(users));
+            result.addAll(convertUserList(twitter.lookupUsers(ids)));
             return result;
         } catch (TwitterException err) {
             throw new EngineException(err);
@@ -1316,24 +1321,6 @@ public class TwitterEngine {
         return result;
     }
 
-    /**
-     * convert {@link User2} list to user list
-     *
-     * @param users list of user from version 2
-     * @return user list
-     */
-    private List<User> convertUser2List(List<User2> users) throws TwitterException {
-        long id = twitter.getId();
-        ArrayList<User> result = new ArrayList<>();
-        result.ensureCapacity(users.size());
-        for (User2 user : users) {
-            if (user.getPublicMetrics() != null) {
-                result.add(new User(user, user.getPublicMetrics(), id));
-            }
-        }
-        return result;
-    }
-
     /**
      * create paging for tweets
      *
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/org/nuclearfog/twidda/backend/model/User.java b/app/src/main/java/org/nuclearfog/twidda/backend/model/User.java
index 2822d893..d4c19b2e 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/org/nuclearfog/twidda/backend/model/User.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/nuclearfog/twidda/backend/model/User.java
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ import androidx.annotation.NonNull;
 import java.io.Serializable;
 
 import twitter4j.URLEntity;
-import twitter4j.User2;
 
 /**
  * Container class for a twitter user
@@ -82,15 +81,6 @@ public class User implements Serializable {
         isCurrentUser = twitterId == userID;
     }
 
-
-    public User(User2 user, User2.PublicMetrics metrics, long id) {
-        this(user.getId(), user.getUsername(), user.getName(), user.getProfileImageUrl(),
-                user.getDescription(), user.getLocation(), id, user.getVerified(),
-                user.getProtected(), false, true, "", "", user.getCreatedAt().getTime(),
-                metrics.getFollowingCount(), metrics.getFollowersCount(),
-                metrics.getTweetCount(), metrics.getListedCount());
-    }
-
     /**
      * @param userID          ID of the user
      * @param username        username
diff --git a/app/src/main/res/xml/licenses.xml b/app/src/main/res/xml/licenses.xml
index 1c9b3fd4..41a68d9d 100644
--- a/app/src/main/res/xml/licenses.xml
+++ b/app/src/main/res/xml/licenses.xml
@@ -42,6 +42,27 @@
         limitations under the License.
     </license>
 
+    <license
+        name="Twitter4J-V2"
+        type="library">
+        Copyright 2020 takke
+        Licensed under the Apache License,
+        Version 2.0 (the "License");
+        you may not use this file except
+        in compliance with the License.
+        You may obtain a copy of the License at
+        http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+        Unless required by applicable law
+        or agreed to in writing,
+        software distributed under the License
+        is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+        WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS
+        OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+        See the License for the specific
+        language governing permissions and
+        limitations under the License.
+    </license>
+
     <license
         name="Picasso"
         type="library">