diff --git a/lib/Db/CircleRequest.php b/lib/Db/CircleRequest.php
index 5ca38fc16..80d4494d2 100644
--- a/lib/Db/CircleRequest.php
+++ b/lib/Db/CircleRequest.php
@@ -300,7 +300,7 @@ public function getFederatedUserBySingleId(string $singleId): FederatedUser {
 	 * @throws RequestBuilderException
 	 */
 	public function getSingleCircle(IFederatedUser $initiator): Circle {
-		$qb = $this->getCircleSelectSql(CoreQueryBuilder::SINGLE);
+		$qb = $this->getCircleSelectSql(CoreQueryBuilder::SINGLE, true);
 
 		if ($initiator instanceof FederatedUser) {
 			$member = new Member();
@@ -311,7 +311,7 @@ public function getSingleCircle(IFederatedUser $initiator): Circle {
 		}
 
 		$qb->limitToDirectMembership(CoreQueryBuilder::SINGLE, $member);
-		$qb->limitToConfigFlag(Circle::CFG_SINGLE);
+		$qb->limitInt('config', Circle::CFG_SINGLE);
 
 		try {
 			return $this->getItemFromRequest($qb);
diff --git a/lib/Db/CircleRequestBuilder.php b/lib/Db/CircleRequestBuilder.php
index d0cb5f588..1f707a21a 100644
--- a/lib/Db/CircleRequestBuilder.php
+++ b/lib/Db/CircleRequestBuilder.php
@@ -68,14 +68,21 @@ protected function getCircleUpdateSql(): CoreQueryBuilder {
 
 	/**
 	 * @param string $alias
+	 * @param bool $single
 	 *
 	 * @return CoreQueryBuilder
 	 */
-	protected function getCircleSelectSql(string $alias = CoreQueryBuilder::CIRCLE): CoreQueryBuilder {
+	protected function getCircleSelectSql(
+		string $alias = CoreQueryBuilder::CIRCLE,
+		bool $single = false
+	): CoreQueryBuilder {
 		$qb = $this->getQueryBuilder();
-		$qb->generateSelect(self::TABLE_CIRCLE, self::$tables[self::TABLE_CIRCLE], $alias, true)
-		   ->generateGroupBy(self::$tables[self::TABLE_CIRCLE], $alias)
-		   ->orderBy($alias . '.creation', 'asc');
+		$qb->generateSelect(self::TABLE_CIRCLE, self::$tables[self::TABLE_CIRCLE], $alias, !$single)
+		   ->generateGroupBy(self::$tables[self::TABLE_CIRCLE], $alias);
+
+		if (!$single) {
+			$qb->orderBy($alias . '.creation', 'asc');
+		}
 
 		return $qb;
 	}
diff --git a/lib/Db/CoreQueryBuilder.php b/lib/Db/CoreQueryBuilder.php
index a87815fc2..06f1085f3 100644
--- a/lib/Db/CoreQueryBuilder.php
+++ b/lib/Db/CoreQueryBuilder.php
@@ -639,7 +639,7 @@ public function limitToDirectMembership(string $alias, Member $member): void {
 		if ($getData) {
 			$this->generateMemberSelectAlias($aliasMember);
 		}
-		$this->leftJoin(
+		$this->innerJoin(
 			$this->getDefaultSelectAlias(), CoreRequestBuilder::TABLE_MEMBER, $aliasMember,
 			$expr->eq($aliasMember . '.circle_id', $alias . '.unique_id')
 		);