diff --git a/src/activitypub/inbox.js b/src/activitypub/inbox.js
index c629926d34..25c940fa34 100644
--- a/src/activitypub/inbox.js
+++ b/src/activitypub/inbox.js
@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@ inbox.create = async (req) => {
 		throw new Error('[[error:activitypub.not-implemented]]');
 	}
 
-	const tid = await activitypub.notes.assertTopic(0, object.id);
-	winston.verbose(`[activitypub/inbox] Parsing note ${object.id} into topic ${tid}`);
+	const { tid, count } = await activitypub.notes.assertTopic(0, object.id);
+	winston.verbose(`[activitypub/inbox] Parsing ${count} notes into topic ${tid}`);
 };
 
 inbox.update = async (req) => {
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ inbox.announce = async (req) => {
 			return;
 		}
 
-		tid = await activitypub.notes.assertTopic(0, pid);
+		({ tid } = await activitypub.notes.assertTopic(0, pid));
 		if (!tid) {
 			return;
 		}
diff --git a/src/activitypub/notes.js b/src/activitypub/notes.js
index 5bd414edae..ec74514844 100644
--- a/src/activitypub/notes.js
+++ b/src/activitypub/notes.js
@@ -245,7 +245,8 @@ Notes.assertTopic = async (uid, id) => {
 		post.tid = tid; // add tid to post hash
 		return post;
 	}).filter((p, idx) => !members[idx]);
-	winston.verbose(`[notes/assertTopic] ${unprocessed.length} new note(s) found.`);
+	const count = unprocessed.length;
+	winston.verbose(`[notes/assertTopic] ${count} new note(s) found.`);
 
 	const [ids, timestamps] = [
 		unprocessed.map(n => (utils.isNumber(n.pid) ? parseInt(n.pid, 10) : n.pid)),
@@ -287,7 +288,7 @@ Notes.assertTopic = async (uid, id) => {
 
 	await Notes.syncUserInboxes(tid);
 
-	return tid;
+	return { tid, count };
 };
 
 Notes.syncUserInboxes = async function (tid) {