diff --git a/server/federation/follows.js b/server/federation/follows.js
index a28d466c..fc8b76d0 100644
--- a/server/federation/follows.js
+++ b/server/federation/follows.js
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ module.exports = {
       'actor': `${config.baseurl}/federation/u/${user.username}`,
       'object': body
     }
-    Helpers.signAndSend(message, user, body.actor)
+    Helpers.signAndSend(message, user, req.fedi_user.inbox)
     res.sendStatus(200)
   },
 
diff --git a/server/federation/helpers.js b/server/federation/helpers.js
index 6f6a58cb..334ad271 100644
--- a/server/federation/helpers.js
+++ b/server/federation/helpers.js
@@ -24,24 +24,24 @@ const Helpers = {
     next()
   },
 
-  async signAndSend (message, user, to) {
+  async signAndSend (message, user, inbox) {
     // get the URI of the actor object and append 'inbox' to it
-    const toUrl = url.parse(to)
+    const inboxUrl = url.parse(inbox)
     // const toPath = toOrigin.path + '/inbox'
     // get the private key
     const privkey = user.rsa.privateKey
     const signer = crypto.createSign('sha256')
     const d = new Date()
-    const stringToSign = `(request-target): post ${toUrl.path}\nhost: ${toUrl.hostname}\ndate: ${d.toUTCString()}`
-    debug('Sign and send', user.username, to)
+    const stringToSign = `(request-target): post ${inboxUrl.path}\nhost: ${inboxUrl.hostname}\ndate: ${d.toUTCString()}`
+    debug('Sign and send', user.username, inbox)
     signer.update(stringToSign)
     signer.end()
     const signature = signer.sign(privkey)
     const signature_b64 = signature.toString('base64')
     const header = `keyId="${config.baseurl}/federation/u/${user.username}",headers="(request-target) host date",signature="${signature_b64}"`
-    const ret = await fetch(to, {
+    const ret = await fetch(inbox, {
       headers: {
-        'Host': toUrl.hostname,
+        'Host': inboxUrl.hostname,
         'Date': d.toUTCString(),
         'Signature': header,
         'Content-Type': 'application/activity+json; charset=utf-8',