diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 9e7279a..559571b 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ checksum = "d301b3b94cb4b2f23d7917810addbbaff90738e0ca2be692bd027e70d7e0330c"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "apb"
-version = "0.3.0"
+version = "0.3.1"
 dependencies = [
  "chrono",
  "paste",
diff --git a/apb/Cargo.toml b/apb/Cargo.toml
index e8216be..bda1c39 100644
--- a/apb/Cargo.toml
+++ b/apb/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "apb"
-version = "0.3.0"
+version = "0.3.1"
 edition = "2021"
 authors = [ "alemi <me@alemi.dev>" ]
 description = "Traits and types to handle ActivityPub objects"
diff --git a/apb/src/node.rs b/apb/src/node.rs
index 9d23bfb..e897bf6 100644
--- a/apb/src/node.rs
+++ b/apb/src/node.rs
@@ -208,14 +208,16 @@ impl Node<serde_json::Value> {
 	#[cfg(feature = "fetch")]
 	pub async fn fetch(&mut self) -> reqwest::Result<&mut Self> {
 		if let Node::Link(link) = self {
-			*self = reqwest::Client::new()
-				.get(link.href())
-				.header("Accept", "application/json")
-				.send()
-				.await?
-				.json::<serde_json::Value>()
-				.await?
-				.into();
+			if let Ok(url) = link.href() {
+				*self = reqwest::Client::new()
+					.get(url)
+					.header("Accept", "application/json")
+					.send()
+					.await?
+					.json::<serde_json::Value>()
+					.await?
+					.into();
+			}
 		}
 		Ok(self)
 	}