diff --git a/upub/cli/src/fetch.rs b/upub/cli/src/fetch.rs
index b31d7c9..e541cd6 100644
--- a/upub/cli/src/fetch.rs
+++ b/upub/cli/src/fetch.rs
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ pub async fn fetch(ctx: upub::Context, uri: String, save: bool, actor: Option<St
 	}
 
 	let mut node = apb::Node::link(uri.to_string());
-	if let apb::Node::Link(uri) = node {
+	if let apb::Node::Link(ref uri) = node {
 		if let Ok(href) = uri.href() {
 			node = upub::Context::request(reqwest::Method::GET, href, None, &from, &pkey, ctx.domain())
 				.await?
diff --git a/upub/cli/src/lib.rs b/upub/cli/src/lib.rs
index beedc10..45dfbdd 100644
--- a/upub/cli/src/lib.rs
+++ b/upub/cli/src/lib.rs
@@ -41,6 +41,10 @@ pub enum CliCommand {
 		#[arg(long, default_value_t = false)]
 		/// store fetched object in local db
 		save: bool,
+
+		#[arg(long)]
+		/// use this actor's private key to fetch
+		fetch_as: Option<String>,
 	},
 
 	/// act on remote relay actors at instance level
@@ -139,8 +143,8 @@ pub async fn run(ctx: upub::Context, command: CliCommand) -> Result<(), Box<dyn
 	match command {
 		CliCommand::Faker { count } =>
 			Ok(faker(ctx, count as i64).await?),
-		CliCommand::Fetch { uri, save } =>
-			Ok(fetch(ctx, uri, save).await?),
+		CliCommand::Fetch { uri, save, fetch_as } =>
+			Ok(fetch(ctx, uri, save, fetch_as).await?),
 		CliCommand::Relay { action } =>
 			Ok(relay(ctx, action).await?),
 		CliCommand::Fix { likes, shares, replies } =>