diff --git a/src/activitypub/contexts.js b/src/activitypub/contexts.js
index b93cd15f33..d6d8500739 100644
--- a/src/activitypub/contexts.js
+++ b/src/activitypub/contexts.js
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ async function parseString(uid, item) {
 		return parseItem(uid, object);
 	} catch (e) {
 		// Unresolvable, either temporarily or permanent, ignore for now.
-		winston.verbose(`[activitypub/context] Cannot retrieve ${id}`);
+		winston.verbose(`[activitypub/context] Cannot retrieve ${pid}`);
 		return null;
 	}
 }
diff --git a/src/controllers/activitypub/actors.js b/src/controllers/activitypub/actors.js
index d98a5bdd93..460f65aeef 100644
--- a/src/controllers/activitypub/actors.js
+++ b/src/controllers/activitypub/actors.js
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 'use strict';
 
 const nconf = require('nconf');
+const winston = require('winston');
 
 const db = require('../../database');
 const meta = require('../../meta');
@@ -151,6 +152,7 @@ Actors.topic = async function (req, res, next) {
 
 		res.status(200).json(object);
 	} catch (e) {
+		winston.error(`[activitypub/actors.topic] Unable to generate topic actor: ${e.message}`);
 		return next();
 	}
 };