diff --git a/cmd/server/main.go b/cmd/server/main.go
index 622ae9431..fded184fa 100644
--- a/cmd/server/main.go
+++ b/cmd/server/main.go
@@ -23,6 +23,6 @@
 )
 
 func main() {
-	router := api.NewRouter()
+	router := client.NewRouter()
 	router.Route()
 }
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 1691bb03b..f76987703 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -2,4 +2,7 @@ module github.com/gotosocial/gotosocial
 
 go 1.16
 
-require github.com/gin-gonic/gin v1.6.3
+require (
+	github.com/gin-gonic/gin v1.6.3
+	github.com/go-fed/activity v1.0.0
+)
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index fd20c5675..e44eaf1cc 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+github.com/dave/jennifer v1.3.0/go.mod h1:fIb+770HOpJ2fmN9EPPKOqm1vMGhB+TwXKMZhrIygKg=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.0/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 h1:vj9j/u1bqnvCEfJOwUhtlOARqs3+rkHYY13jYWTU97c=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
@@ -5,6 +6,10 @@ github.com/gin-contrib/sse v0.1.0 h1:Y/yl/+YNO8GZSjAhjMsSuLt29uWRFHdHYUb5lYOV9qE
 github.com/gin-contrib/sse v0.1.0/go.mod h1:RHrZQHXnP2xjPF+u1gW/2HnVO7nvIa9PG3Gm+fLHvGI=
 github.com/gin-gonic/gin v1.6.3 h1:ahKqKTFpO5KTPHxWZjEdPScmYaGtLo8Y4DMHoEsnp14=
 github.com/gin-gonic/gin v1.6.3/go.mod h1:75u5sXoLsGZoRN5Sgbi1eraJ4GU3++wFwWzhwvtwp4M=
+github.com/go-fed/activity v1.0.0 h1:j7w3auHZnVCjUcgA1mE+UqSOjFBhvW2Z2res3vNol+o=
+github.com/go-fed/activity v1.0.0/go.mod h1:v4QoPaAzjWZ8zN2VFVGL5ep9C02mst0hQYHUpQwso4Q=
+github.com/go-fed/httpsig v0.1.1-0.20190914113940-c2de3672e5b5 h1:WLvFZqoXnuVTBKA6U/1FnEHNQ0Rq0QM0rGhY8Tx6R1g=
+github.com/go-fed/httpsig v0.1.1-0.20190914113940-c2de3672e5b5/go.mod h1:T56HUNYZUQ1AGUzhAYPugZfp36sKApVnGBgKlIY+aIE=
 github.com/go-playground/assert/v2 v2.0.1 h1:MsBgLAaY856+nPRTKrp3/OZK38U/wa0CcBYNjji3q3A=
 github.com/go-playground/assert/v2 v2.0.1/go.mod h1:VDjEfimB/XKnb+ZQfWdccd7VUvScMdVu0Titje2rxJ4=
 github.com/go-playground/locales v0.13.0 h1:HyWk6mgj5qFqCT5fjGBuRArbVDfE4hi8+e8ceBS/t7Q=
@@ -13,6 +18,10 @@ github.com/go-playground/universal-translator v0.17.0 h1:icxd5fm+REJzpZx7ZfpaD87
 github.com/go-playground/universal-translator v0.17.0/go.mod h1:UkSxE5sNxxRwHyU+Scu5vgOQjsIJAF8j9muTVoKLVtA=
 github.com/go-playground/validator/v10 v10.2.0 h1:KgJ0snyC2R9VXYN2rneOtQcw5aHQB1Vv0sFl1UcHBOY=
 github.com/go-playground/validator/v10 v10.2.0/go.mod h1:uOYAAleCW8F/7oMFd6aG0GOhaH6EGOAJShg8Id5JGkI=
+github.com/go-test/deep v1.0.1 h1:UQhStjbkDClarlmv0am7OXXO4/GaPdCGiUiMTvi28sg=
+github.com/go-test/deep v1.0.1/go.mod h1:wGDj63lr65AM2AQyKZd/NYHGb0R+1RLqB8NKt3aSFNA=
+github.com/golang/mock v1.2.0 h1:28o5sBqPkBsMGnC6b4MvE2TzSr5/AT4c/1fLqVGIwlk=
+github.com/golang/mock v1.2.0/go.mod h1:oTYuIxOrZwtPieC+H1uAHpcLFnEyAGVDL/k47Jfbm0A=
 github.com/golang/protobuf v1.3.3 h1:gyjaxf+svBWX08ZjK86iN9geUJF0H6gp2IRKX6Nf6/I=
 github.com/golang/protobuf v1.3.3/go.mod h1:vzj43D7+SQXF/4pzW/hwtAqwc6iTitCiVSaWz5lYuqw=
 github.com/google/gofuzz v1.0.0/go.mod h1:dBl0BpW6vV/+mYPU4Po3pmUjxk6FQPldtuIdl/M65Eg=
@@ -36,6 +45,9 @@ github.com/ugorji/go v1.1.7 h1:/68gy2h+1mWMrwZFeD1kQialdSzAb432dtpeJ42ovdo=
 github.com/ugorji/go v1.1.7/go.mod h1:kZn38zHttfInRq0xu/PH0az30d+z6vm202qpg1oXVMw=
 github.com/ugorji/go/codec v1.1.7 h1:2SvQaVZ1ouYrrKKwoSk2pzd4A9evlKJb9oTL+OaLUSs=
 github.com/ugorji/go/codec v1.1.7/go.mod h1:Ax+UKWsSmolVDwsd+7N3ZtXu+yMGCf907BLYF3GoBXY=
+golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20180527072434-ab813273cd59 h1:hk3yo72LXLapY9EXVttc3Z1rLOxT9IuAPPX3GpY2+jo=
+golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20180527072434-ab813273cd59/go.mod h1:6SG95UA2DQfeDnfUPMdvaQW0Q7yPrPDi9nlGo2tz2b4=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20180525142821-c11f84a56e43/go.mod h1:STP8DvDyc/dI5b8T5hshtkjS+E42TnysNCUPdjciGhY=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20200116001909-b77594299b42 h1:vEOn+mP2zCOVzKckCZy6YsCtDblrpj/w7B9nxGNELpg=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20200116001909-b77594299b42/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
 golang.org/x/text v0.3.2/go.mod h1:bEr9sfX3Q8Zfm5fL9x+3itogRgK3+ptLWKqgva+5dAk=
diff --git a/internal/ap/api.go b/internal/ap/api.go
index 7e56b54e6..54f37a7c0 100644
--- a/internal/ap/api.go
+++ b/internal/ap/api.go
@@ -18,3 +18,11 @@
 
 // Package ap provides ActivityPub/federation functionality for GoToSocial
 package ap
+
+import (
+   "github.com/go-fed/activity/pub"
+)
+
+func main() {
+   pub.NewFederatingActor()
+}
diff --git a/internal/client/router.go b/internal/client/router.go
index a3353df62..b7c68ad0e 100644
--- a/internal/client/router.go
+++ b/internal/client/router.go
@@ -39,14 +39,10 @@ func (r *router) Route() {
 	ginRouter.LoadHTMLGlob("web/template/*")
 
 	apiGroup := ginRouter.Group("/api")
-	{
-		v1 := apiGroup.Group("/v1", {
-			statusesGroup := v1.Group("/statuses")
-			{
-				statusesGroup.GET(":id", statusGet)
-			}
-
-		})
-	}
+	
+	v1 := apiGroup.Group("/v1")
+	
+	statusesGroup := v1.Group("/statuses")
+	statusesGroup.GET(":id", statusGet)
 	ginRouter.Run()
 }