diff --git a/src/activitypub/actors.js b/src/activitypub/actors.js
index 169e55dd09..a412233522 100644
--- a/src/activitypub/actors.js
+++ b/src/activitypub/actors.js
@@ -122,6 +122,13 @@ Actors.assert = async (ids, options = {}) => {
 
 			return actor;
 		} catch (e) {
+			if (e.code === 'ap_get_410') {
+				const exists = await user.exists(id);
+				if (exists) {
+					await user.deleteAccount(id);
+				}
+			}
+
 			return null;
 		}
 	}));
diff --git a/src/activitypub/index.js b/src/activitypub/index.js
index ee696762db..db987e8432 100644
--- a/src/activitypub/index.js
+++ b/src/activitypub/index.js
@@ -264,19 +264,26 @@ ActivityPub.get = async (type, id, uri) => {
 		});
 
 		if (!String(response.statusCode).startsWith('2')) {
-			winston.error(`[activitypub/get] Received ${response.statusCode} when querying ${uri}`);
+			winston.verbose(`[activitypub/get] Received ${response.statusCode} when querying ${uri}`);
 			if (body.hasOwnProperty('error')) {
-				winston.error(`[activitypub/get] Error received: ${body.error}`);
+				winston.verbose(`[activitypub/get] Error received: ${body.error}`);
 			}
 
-			throw new Error(`[[error:activitypub.get-failed]]`);
+			const e = new Error(`[[error:activitypub.get-failed]]`);
+			e.code = `ap_get_${response.statusCode}`;
+			throw e;
 		}
 
 		requestCache.set(cacheKey, body);
 		return body;
 	} catch (e) {
+		if (String(e.code).startsWith('ap_get_')) {
+			throw e;
+		}
+
 		// Handle things like non-json body, etc.
-		throw new Error(`[[error:activitypub.get-failed]]`);
+		const { cause } = e;
+		throw new Error(`[[error:activitypub.get-failed]]`, { cause });
 	}
 };
 
diff --git a/src/user/delete.js b/src/user/delete.js
index 971777f9f1..c6eb13809f 100644
--- a/src/user/delete.js
+++ b/src/user/delete.js
@@ -95,7 +95,6 @@ module.exports = function (User) {
 		const userData = await db.getObject(utils.isNumber(uid) ? `user:${uid}` : `userRemote:${uid}`);
 
 		if (!userData || !userData.username) {
-			console.log('ERRORING', uid, userData);
 			delete deletesInProgress[uid];
 			throw new Error('[[error:no-user]]');
 		}