diff --git a/includes/class-webfinger.php b/includes/class-webfinger.php
index af9daa1..81e0a49 100644
--- a/includes/class-webfinger.php
+++ b/includes/class-webfinger.php
@@ -421,7 +421,7 @@ public static function get_user_resource( $id_or_name_or_object, $with_protocol
 			$resource = $user->user_login . '@' . parse_url( home_url(), PHP_URL_HOST );
 
 			if ( $with_protocol ) {
-				'acct:' . $resource;
+				$resource = 'acct:' . $resource;
 			}
 		}
 
diff --git a/languages/webfinger.pot b/languages/webfinger.pot
index 436aceb..cff6c9c 100644
--- a/languages/webfinger.pot
+++ b/languages/webfinger.pot
@@ -2,10 +2,10 @@
 # This file is distributed under the MIT.
 msgid ""
 msgstr ""
-"Project-Id-Version: WebFinger 3.2.2\n"
+"Project-Id-Version: WebFinger 3.2.3\n"
 "Report-Msgid-Bugs-To: "
 "https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wordpress-webfinger\n"
-"POT-Creation-Date: 2018-11-03 17:17:02+00:00\n"
+"POT-Creation-Date: 2018-11-03 17:27:52+00:00\n"
 "MIME-Version: 1.0\n"
 "Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8\n"
 "Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit\n"
diff --git a/readme.md b/readme.md
index 6508615..a378e49 100644
--- a/readme.md
+++ b/readme.md
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 **Tags:** well-known, discovery, webfinger, JRD, ostatus, activitypub  
 **Requires at least:** 4.2  
 **Tested up to:** 4.9.8  
-**Stable tag:** 3.2.2  
+**Stable tag:** 3.2.3  
 **License:** MIT  
 **License URI:** https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT  
 
@@ -67,6 +67,10 @@ This versions drops classic WebFinger support to keep the plugin short and simpl
 
 Project maintained on github at [pfefferle/wordpress-webfinger](https://github.com/pfefferle/wordpress-webfinger).
 
+### 3.2.3 ###
+
+* fixed `acct` scheme for discovery
+
 ### 3.2.2 ###
 
 * fixed typo (thanks @ivucica)
diff --git a/readme.txt b/readme.txt
index 1d39877..08fd3d5 100644
--- a/readme.txt
+++ b/readme.txt
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ Donate link: https://notiz.blog/donate/
 Tags: well-known, discovery, webfinger, JRD, ostatus, activitypub
 Requires at least: 4.2
 Tested up to: 4.9.8
-Stable tag: 3.2.2
+Stable tag: 3.2.3
 License: MIT
 License URI: https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT
 
@@ -67,6 +67,10 @@ This versions drops classic WebFinger support to keep the plugin short and simpl
 
 Project maintained on github at [pfefferle/wordpress-webfinger](https://github.com/pfefferle/wordpress-webfinger).
 
+= 3.2.3 =
+
+* fixed `acct` scheme for discovery
+
 = 3.2.2 =
 
 * fixed typo (thanks @ivucica)
diff --git a/webfinger.php b/webfinger.php
index dc372bc..51cddbf 100644
--- a/webfinger.php
+++ b/webfinger.php
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  * Plugin Name: WebFinger
  * Plugin URI: https://github.com/pfefferle/wordpress-webfinger
  * Description: WebFinger for WordPress
- * Version: 3.2.2
+ * Version: 3.2.3
  * Author: Matthias Pfefferle
  * Author URI: https://notiz.blog/
  * License: MIT