diff --git a/src/activitypub/index.js b/src/activitypub/index.js
index 4994e344e9..3bb2177a3c 100644
--- a/src/activitypub/index.js
+++ b/src/activitypub/index.js
@@ -194,6 +194,9 @@ ActivityPub.send = async (uid, targets, payload) => {
 			resolveWithFullResponse: true,
 		});
 
-		console.log(response.statusCode, response.body);
+		if (response.statusCode !== 201) {
+			// todo: i18n this
+			throw new Error('activity-failed');
+		}
 	}));
 };
diff --git a/src/controllers/activitypub/index.js b/src/controllers/activitypub/index.js
index a90d5a5a1b..f7e7dc460a 100644
--- a/src/controllers/activitypub/index.js
+++ b/src/controllers/activitypub/index.js
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ Controller.getInbox = async (req, res) => {
 };
 
 Controller.postInbox = async (req, res) => {
-	console.log(req.body);
+	console.log('received', req.body);
 
 	res.sendStatus(201);
 };
diff --git a/src/webserver.js b/src/webserver.js
index ff5031ff41..1b6d62d752 100644
--- a/src/webserver.js
+++ b/src/webserver.js
@@ -229,7 +229,13 @@ function configureBodyParser(app) {
 	}
 	app.use(bodyParser.urlencoded(urlencodedOpts));
 
-	const jsonOpts = nconf.get('bodyParser:json') || {};
+	const jsonOpts = nconf.get('bodyParser:json') || {
+		type: [
+			'application/json',
+			'application/ld+json',
+			'application/activity+json',
+		],
+	};
 	app.use(bodyParser.json(jsonOpts));
 }