diff --git a/src/controllers/admin/federation.js b/src/controllers/admin/federation.js
index 7c3d8e8815..230e8b1fd9 100644
--- a/src/controllers/admin/federation.js
+++ b/src/controllers/admin/federation.js
@@ -117,17 +117,20 @@ federationController.errors = async function (req, res) {
 			return null;
 		}
 		let { type, body, stack } = errorObj[idx];
+		let activityType;
 		let hostname = 'Invalid hostname';
 		const timestampISO = new Date(timestamp).toISOString();
 		try {
-			body = JSON.stringify(JSON.parse(body), null, 4);
+			const parsed = JSON.parse(body);
+			({ type: activityType } = parsed);
+			body = JSON.stringify(parsed, null, 4);
 			stack = validator.escape(stack.replace(/\s+$/gm, ''));
 			({ hostname } = new URL(id));
 		} catch (e) {
 			// noop
 		}
 
-		return { id, type, body, stack, hostname, timestamp, timestampISO };
+		return { id, type, activityType, body, stack, hostname, timestamp, timestampISO };
 	}).filter(Boolean);
 
 	res.render('admin/federation/errors', {
diff --git a/src/views/admin/federation/errors.tpl b/src/views/admin/federation/errors.tpl
index c5efbb74b1..746eed3198 100644
--- a/src/views/admin/federation/errors.tpl
+++ b/src/views/admin/federation/errors.tpl
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 			<summary>
 				<span title="{./timestampISO}" class="timeago text-secondary text-sm"></span>
 				<span class="badge text-bg-primary">{{{ if (./type == "in") }}}IN{{{ else }}}OUT{{{ end }}}</span>
+				<span class="badge text-bg-secondary">{./activityType}</span>
 				<br/ >
 				<code>{./id}</code>
 			</summary>