diff --git a/public/src/forum/account/profile.js b/public/src/forum/account/profile.js
index 6b6d38ad66..47979dc2c5 100644
--- a/public/src/forum/account/profile.js
+++ b/public/src/forum/account/profile.js
@@ -36,6 +36,11 @@ define(['forum/account/header'], function(header) {
 		socket.on('user.isOnline', handleUserOnline);
 
 		socket.emit('user.isOnline', theirid, handleUserOnline);
+
+console.log('test', yourid, theirid);
+		if (yourid !== theirid) {
+			socket.emit('user.increaseViewCount', theirid);
+		}
 	};
 
 	function processPage() {
diff --git a/src/controllers/accounts.js b/src/controllers/accounts.js
index a543797b4a..163e4d41cc 100644
--- a/src/controllers/accounts.js
+++ b/src/controllers/accounts.js
@@ -159,10 +159,6 @@ accountsController.getAccount = function(req, res, next) {
 					userData.profileviews = 1;
 				}
 
-				if (callerUID !== parseInt(userData.uid, 10) && callerUID && !req.query.prefetched) {
-					user.incrementUserFieldBy(userData.uid, 'profileviews', 1);
-				}
-
 				postTools.parse(userData.signature, function (err, signature) {
 					userData.signature = signature;
 
diff --git a/src/socket.io/user.js b/src/socket.io/user.js
index a0ae6c65f9..f6e88c26e4 100644
--- a/src/socket.io/user.js
+++ b/src/socket.io/user.js
@@ -24,6 +24,14 @@ SocketUser.emailExists = function(socket, data, callback) {
 	}
 };
 
+SocketUser.increaseViewCount = function(socket, uid, callback) {
+	if (uid) {
+		if (socket.uid !== parseInt(uid, 10)) {
+			user.incrementUserFieldBy(uid, 'profileviews', 1);
+		}
+	}
+};
+
 SocketUser.search = function(socket, username, callback) {
 	user.search(username, callback);
 };