diff --git a/mastodon/src/main/java/org/joinmastodon/android/fragments/onboarding/InstanceCatalogFragment.java b/mastodon/src/main/java/org/joinmastodon/android/fragments/onboarding/InstanceCatalogFragment.java
index 19f9bb20e..23f28cfbd 100644
--- a/mastodon/src/main/java/org/joinmastodon/android/fragments/onboarding/InstanceCatalogFragment.java
+++ b/mastodon/src/main/java/org/joinmastodon/android/fragments/onboarding/InstanceCatalogFragment.java
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ import java.util.Comparator;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Objects;
 import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 
 import javax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilderFactory;
@@ -478,7 +479,7 @@ public class InstanceCatalogFragment extends BaseRecyclerFragment<CatalogInstanc
 							instanceProgressDialog=null;
 							proceedWithAuthOrSignup(result);
 						}
-						if(domain.equals(currentSearchQuery) || currentSearchQuery.equals(redirects.get(domain)) || currentSearchQuery.equals(redirectsInverse.get(domain))){
+						if(Objects.equals(domain, currentSearchQuery) || Objects.equals(currentSearchQuery, redirects.get(domain)) || Objects.equals(currentSearchQuery, redirectsInverse.get(domain))){
 							boolean found=false;
 							for(CatalogInstance ci:filteredData){
 								if(ci.domain.equals(domain)){