diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/HomePage.cpp b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/HomePage.cpp
index b14b68eb9..dec4e9fec 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/HomePage.cpp
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/HomePage.cpp
@@ -205,17 +205,9 @@ HomePage::~HomePage()
     delete ui;
 }
 
-void HomePage::getOwnCert(QString& invite,QString& description) const
+RetroshareInviteFlags HomePage::currentInviteFlags() const
 {
-    RsPeerDetails detail;
-
-    if (!rsPeers->getPeerDetails(rsPeers->getOwnId(), detail))
-    {
-        std::cerr << "(EE) Cannot retrieve information about own certificate. That is a real problem!!" << std::endl;
-        return ;
-    }
-
-    RetroshareInviteFlags invite_flags = RetroshareInviteFlags::NOTHING;
+     RetroshareInviteFlags invite_flags = RetroshareInviteFlags::NOTHING;
 
     if(mIncludeLocIPact->isChecked())
         invite_flags |= RetroshareInviteFlags::CURRENT_LOCAL_IP;
@@ -229,6 +221,21 @@ void HomePage::getOwnCert(QString& invite,QString& description) const
     if(mIncludeIPHistoryact->isChecked())
         invite_flags |= RetroshareInviteFlags::FULL_IP_HISTORY;
 
+    return invite_flags;
+}
+void HomePage::getOwnCert(QString& invite,QString& description) const
+{
+    RsPeerDetails detail;
+
+    if (!rsPeers->getPeerDetails(rsPeers->getOwnId(), detail))
+    {
+        std::cerr << "(EE) Cannot retrieve information about own certificate. That is a real problem!!" << std::endl;
+        return ;
+    }
+    auto invite_flags = currentInviteFlags();
+
+    invite_flags |= RetroshareInviteFlags::SLICE_TO_80_CHARS;
+
     if(!mUseOldFormatact->isChecked())
     {
         std::string short_invite;
diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/HomePage.h b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/HomePage.h
index a20f07863..aa77ed1a3 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/HomePage.h
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/HomePage.h
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ public:
     // Returns the certificate along with its description using current options.
 
     void getOwnCert(QString& invite,QString& description) const;
+    RetroshareInviteFlags currentInviteFlags() const ;
 
 private slots:
 #ifdef DEAD_CODE
diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/RetroShareLink.cpp b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/RetroShareLink.cpp
index 524f3c757..6e377f70e 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/RetroShareLink.cpp
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/RetroShareLink.cpp
@@ -570,9 +570,13 @@ RetroShareLink RetroShareLink::createCertificate(const RsPeerId& ssl_id)
 
         if(rsPeers->getOwnId() == ssl_id)	// in this case, use application-wide parameters set in HomePage
         {
-            QString invite,description;
-            static_cast<HomePage*>(MainWindow::getPage(MainWindow::Home))->getOwnCert(invite,description);
-            link._radix = invite;
+            QString description;
+            auto invite_flags = static_cast<HomePage*>(MainWindow::getPage(MainWindow::Home))->currentInviteFlags();
+
+            invite_flags &= ~RetroshareInviteFlags::SLICE_TO_80_CHARS;
+            invite_flags |=  RetroshareInviteFlags::RADIX_FORMAT;
+
+            link._radix = QString::fromUtf8(rsPeers->GetRetroshareInvite(ssl_id,invite_flags).c_str());
         }
         else
             link._radix = QString::fromUtf8(rsPeers->GetRetroshareInvite(ssl_id).c_str());