diff --git a/src/activitypub.ts b/src/activitypub.ts
index 11cce94..fdf6135 100644
--- a/src/activitypub.ts
+++ b/src/activitypub.ts
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import {
   listPosts,
   updateFollowing,
 } from "./db.js";
-import { HOSTNAME, ACCOUNT, PUBLIC_KEY } from "./env.js";
+import { HOSTNAME, PORT, ACCOUNT, PUBLIC_KEY } from "./env.js";
 import { send, verify } from "./request.js";
 
 export const activitypub = Router();
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ activitypub.post("/:actor/inbox", async (req, res) => {
     case "Follow": {
       await send(actor, body.actor, {
         "@context": "https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams",
-        id: `https://${HOSTNAME}/${crypto.randomUUID()}`,
+        id: `http://${HOSTNAME}:${PORT}/${crypto.randomUUID()}`,
         type: "Accept",
         actor,
         object: body,
diff --git a/src/admin.ts b/src/admin.ts
index 024ddcd..b60a7bf 100644
--- a/src/admin.ts
+++ b/src/admin.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import { is, omit, type } from "superstruct";
 import { Router } from "express";
 import basicAuth from "express-basic-auth";
 
-import { ADMIN_PASSWORD, ADMIN_USERNAME, HOSTNAME } from "./env.js";
+import { ADMIN_PASSWORD, ADMIN_USERNAME, HOSTNAME, PORT } from "./env.js";
 import {
   createFollowing,
   createPost,
@@ -61,16 +61,21 @@ admin.post("/create", async (req, res) => {
   return res.sendStatus(204);
 });
 
-admin.post("/follow/:actor", async (req, res) => {
-  const actor: string = req.app.get("actor");
 
-  const object = req.params.actor;
-  const uri = `https://${HOSTNAME}/@${crypto.randomUUID()}`;
-  await send(actor, object, {
+admin.post("/follow/:actor/:hostname/:port/:proto", async (req, res) => {
+  const our_actor: string = req.app.get("actor");
+  console.log(`Follow endpoint, our actor: ${our_actor}`)
+
+  const { proto, hostname, port, actor } = req.params;
+  const object = `${proto}://${hostname}:${port}/${actor}`;
+  console.log(`Follow endpoint, object: ${object}`)
+  const uri = `http://${HOSTNAME}:${PORT}/@${crypto.randomUUID()}`;
+  console.log(`Follow endpoint, uri: ${uri}`)
+  await send(our_actor, object, {
     "@context": "https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams",
     id: uri,
     type: "Follow",
-    actor,
+    actor: our_actor,
     object,
   });
 
diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index 676cc41..ffdabfe 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import { admin } from "./admin.js";
 
 const app = express();
 
-app.set("actor", `https://${HOSTNAME}/${ACCOUNT}`);
+app.set("actor", `http://${HOSTNAME}:${PORT}/${ACCOUNT}`);
 
 app.use(
   express.text({ type: ["application/json", "application/activity+json"] })
diff --git a/src/request.ts b/src/request.ts
index 462bcbd..71e14ff 100644
--- a/src/request.ts
+++ b/src/request.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import { assert } from "superstruct";
 import { PRIVATE_KEY } from "./env.js";
 import { Actor } from "./types.js";
 
+
 /** Fetches and returns an actor at a URL. */
 async function fetchActor(url: string) {
   const res = await fetch(url, {
@@ -31,7 +32,7 @@ export async function send(sender: string, recipient: string, message: object) {
   const url = new URL(recipient);
 
   const actor = await fetchActor(recipient);
-  const fragment = actor.inbox.replace("https://" + url.hostname, "");
+  const fragment = url.pathname + "/inbox";
   const body = JSON.stringify(message);
   const digest = crypto.createHash("sha256").update(body).digest("base64");
   const d = new Date();
@@ -46,6 +47,7 @@ export async function send(sender: string, recipient: string, message: object) {
   const signature = crypto
     .sign("sha256", Buffer.from(data), key)
     .toString("base64");
+  console.log(`crypto.sign("sha256", data: ${data}, key: ${key}, signature: ${signature})`);
 
   const res = await fetch(actor.inbox, {
     method: "POST",
@@ -119,6 +121,7 @@ export async function verify(req: Request): Promise<string> {
       return `${header}: ${req.get(header)}`;
     })
     .join("\n");
+  console.log(`crypto.verify("sha256", data: ${comparison}, key: ${key}, signature: ${included.signature})`);
   const data = Buffer.from(comparison);
 
   // verify the signature against the headers using the actor's public key