diff --git a/src/connections/connections.service.ts b/src/connections/connections.service.ts
index 5bb8666..eed8449 100644
--- a/src/connections/connections.service.ts
+++ b/src/connections/connections.service.ts
@@ -154,19 +154,26 @@ export class ConnectionsService {
     // If the account exists, we just return the user associated with it.
     const profileUrl = Buffer.from(profileUrlBase64, 'base64').toString();
 
+    // Fetch the profile details
+    const profileData = await new ProfileFetcherDelegator(
+      profileUrl,
+    ).getProfileDetails();
+
     const socialAccount = await this.prisma.socialAccount.findFirst({
-      where: { profileUrl },
+      where: {
+        OR: [
+          { profileUrl },
+          {
+            socialId: profileData.socialId,
+          },
+        ],
+      },
       include: {
         user: { include: this.includeWithUserConnection() },
       },
     });
     if (socialAccount) return this.convertConnectionToDto(socialAccount.user);
 
-    // Fetch the profile details
-    const profileData = await new ProfileFetcherDelegator(
-      profileUrl,
-    ).getProfileDetails();
-
     // Else, we create a new user, associate the social account with it, and return the user.
 
     const newUserId = v4();
@@ -188,6 +195,7 @@ export class ConnectionsService {
         data: {
           platform: profileData.socialAccountType,
           profileUrl,
+          socialId: profileData.socialId,
           userId: newUserId,
         },
       }),
diff --git a/src/user/profile-fetcher/base.profile-fetcher.ts b/src/user/profile-fetcher/base.profile-fetcher.ts
index ea1ddc8..2f3f852 100644
--- a/src/user/profile-fetcher/base.profile-fetcher.ts
+++ b/src/user/profile-fetcher/base.profile-fetcher.ts
@@ -12,4 +12,5 @@ export interface ProfileDetails {
   name?: string;
   headline?: string;
   profilePictureUrl?: string;
+  socialId?: string;
 }
diff --git a/src/user/profile-fetcher/linkedin.profile-fetcher.ts b/src/user/profile-fetcher/linkedin.profile-fetcher.ts
index 54f3123..42bb023 100644
--- a/src/user/profile-fetcher/linkedin.profile-fetcher.ts
+++ b/src/user/profile-fetcher/linkedin.profile-fetcher.ts
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ export class LinkedInProfileFetcher extends ProfileFetcher {
         socialAccountType: SocialAccountType.LINKEDIN,
         profileUrl: this.profileUrl,
         headline: data.data.job_title,
+        socialId: data.data.profile_id,
         profilePictureUrl: data.data.profile_image_url,
       };
     } else {