diff --git a/actions/apistatusesupdate.php b/actions/apistatusesupdate.php
index b0f35271607e261cc67f56406fba4f9444d26a90..0385b019612380e66c04f3064a05b752757782d2 100644
--- a/actions/apistatusesupdate.php
+++ b/actions/apistatusesupdate.php
@@ -300,6 +300,9 @@ class ApiStatusesUpdateAction extends ApiAuthAction
 
             if (isset($upload)) {
                 $status_shortened .= ' ' . $upload->shortUrl();
+//JBTEST
+                $status_shortened = $this->auth_user->shortenlinks($status_shortened);
+//JBTEST
 
                 if (Notice::contentTooLong($status_shortened)) {
                     $upload->delete();