diff --git a/src/server/fetcher.rs b/src/server/fetcher.rs
index 40a7ee5..e9b2a08 100644
--- a/src/server/fetcher.rs
+++ b/src/server/fetcher.rs
@@ -11,23 +11,15 @@ use super::{auth::HttpSignature, Context};
 
 #[axum::async_trait]
 pub trait Fetcher {
-	async fn request(
-		method: reqwest::Method,
-		url: &str,
-		payload: Option<&str>,
-		from: &str,
-		key: &str,
-		domain: &str,
-	) -> crate::Result<Response>;
-
 	async fn fetch_user(&self, id: &str) -> crate::Result<model::user::Model>;
+	async fn pull_user(&self, id: &str) -> crate::Result<model::user::Model>;
+
 	async fn fetch_object(&self, id: &str) -> crate::Result<model::object::Model>;
+	async fn pull_object(&self, id: &str) -> crate::Result<model::object::Model>;
+
 	async fn fetch_activity(&self, id: &str) -> crate::Result<model::activity::Model>;
-}
+	async fn pull_activity(&self, id: &str) -> crate::Result<model::activity::Model>;
 
-
-#[axum::async_trait]
-impl Fetcher for Context {
 	async fn request(
 		method: reqwest::Method,
 		url: &str,
@@ -75,12 +67,28 @@ impl Fetcher for Context {
 			.error_for_status()?
 		)
 	}
+}
 
+
+#[axum::async_trait]
+impl Fetcher for Context {
 	async fn fetch_user(&self, id: &str) -> crate::Result<model::user::Model> {
 		if let Some(x) = model::user::Entity::find_by_id(id).one(self.db()).await? {
 			return Ok(x); // already in db, easy
 		}
 
+		let user_model = self.pull_user(id).await?;
+
+		// TODO this may fail: while fetching, remote server may fetch our service actor.
+		//      if it does so with http signature, we will fetch that actor in background
+		//      meaning that, once we reach here, it's already inserted and returns an UNIQUE error
+		model::user::Entity::insert(user_model.clone().into_active_model())
+			.exec(self.db()).await?;
+
+		Ok(user_model)
+	}
+
+	async fn pull_user(&self, id: &str) -> crate::Result<model::user::Model> {
 		let user = Self::request(
 			Method::GET, id, None, &format!("https://{}", self.domain()), &self.app().private_key, self.domain(),
 		).await?.json::<serde_json::Value>().await?;
@@ -115,12 +123,6 @@ impl Fetcher for Context {
 			}
 		}
 
-		// TODO this may fail: while fetching, remote server may fetch our service actor.
-		//      if it does so with http signature, we will fetch that actor in background
-		//      meaning that, once we reach here, it's already inserted and returns an UNIQUE error
-		model::user::Entity::insert(user_model.clone().into_active_model())
-			.exec(self.db()).await?;
-
 		Ok(user_model)
 	}
 
@@ -129,6 +131,19 @@ impl Fetcher for Context {
 			return Ok(x); // already in db, easy
 		}
 
+		let activity_model = self.pull_activity(id).await?;
+
+		model::activity::Entity::insert(activity_model.clone().into_active_model())
+			.exec(self.db()).await?;
+
+		let addressed = activity_model.addressed();
+		let expanded_addresses = self.expand_addressing(addressed).await?;
+		self.address_to(Some(&activity_model.id), None, &expanded_addresses).await?;
+
+		Ok(activity_model)
+	}
+
+	async fn pull_activity(&self, id: &str) -> crate::Result<model::activity::Model> {
 		let activity = Self::request(
 			Method::GET, id, None, &format!("https://{}", self.domain()), &self.app().private_key, self.domain(),
 		).await?.json::<serde_json::Value>().await?;
@@ -145,21 +160,22 @@ impl Fetcher for Context {
 			}
 		}
 
-		let addressed = activity.addressed();
 		let activity_model = model::activity::Model::new(&activity)?;
 
-		model::activity::Entity::insert(activity_model.clone().into_active_model())
-			.exec(self.db()).await?;
-
-		let expanded_addresses = self.expand_addressing(addressed).await?;
-		self.address_to(Some(&activity_model.id), None, &expanded_addresses).await?;
-
 		Ok(activity_model)
 	}
 
 	async fn fetch_object(&self, id: &str) -> crate::Result<model::object::Model> {
 		fetch_object_inner(self, id, 0).await
 	}
+
+	async fn pull_object(&self, id: &str) -> crate::Result<model::object::Model> {
+		let object = Context::request(
+			Method::GET, id, None, &format!("https://{}", self.domain()), &self.app().private_key, self.domain(),
+		).await?.json::<serde_json::Value>().await?;
+
+		Ok(model::object::Model::new(&object)?)
+	}
 }
 
 #[async_recursion::async_recursion]