diff --git a/src/routes/activitypub/object/replies.rs b/src/routes/activitypub/object/replies.rs
index 8f69b9b..35d08cc 100644
--- a/src/routes/activitypub/object/replies.rs
+++ b/src/routes/activitypub/object/replies.rs
@@ -1,16 +1,21 @@
 use axum::extract::{Path, Query, State};
 use sea_orm::{ColumnTrait, Condition, PaginatorTrait, QueryFilter};
 
-use crate::{model, routes::activitypub::{JsonLD, Pagination}, server::{auth::AuthIdentity, Context}, url};
+use crate::{model, routes::activitypub::{JsonLD, Pagination, TryFetch}, server::{auth::AuthIdentity, fetcher::Fetcher, Context}, url};
 
 pub async fn get(
 	State(ctx): State<Context>,
 	Path(id): Path<String>,
 	AuthIdentity(auth): AuthIdentity,
+	Query(q): Query<TryFetch>,
 ) -> crate::Result<JsonLD<serde_json::Value>> {
 	let replies_id = url!(ctx, "/objects/{id}/replies");
 	let oid = ctx.uri("objects", id);
 
+	if auth.is_local() && q.fetch {
+		ctx.fetch_thread(&oid).await?;
+	}
+
 	let count = model::addressing::Entity::find_addressed(auth.my_id())
 		.filter(auth.filter_condition())
 		.filter(model::object::Column::InReplyTo.eq(oid))
diff --git a/src/server/fetcher.rs b/src/server/fetcher.rs
index 07cad64..21af542 100644
--- a/src/server/fetcher.rs
+++ b/src/server/fetcher.rs
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 use std::collections::BTreeMap;
 
-use apb::{target::Addressed, Activity, Collection, Object};
+use apb::{target::Addressed, Activity, Collection, CollectionPage, Link, Object};
 use base64::Engine;
 use reqwest::{header::{ACCEPT, CONTENT_TYPE, USER_AGENT}, Method, Response};
 use sea_orm::{sea_query::Expr, ColumnTrait, EntityTrait, IntoActiveModel, QueryFilter};
 
-use crate::{model, VERSION};
+use crate::{errors::UpubError, model, VERSION};
 
 use super::{auth::HttpSignature, Context};
 
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ pub trait Fetcher {
 	async fn fetch_activity(&self, id: &str) -> crate::Result<model::activity::Model>;
 	async fn pull_activity(&self, id: &str) -> crate::Result<model::activity::Model>;
 
+	async fn fetch_thread(&self, id: &str) -> crate::Result<()>;
+
 	async fn request(
 		method: reqwest::Method,
 		url: &str,
@@ -165,6 +167,10 @@ impl Fetcher for Context {
 		Ok(activity_model)
 	}
 
+	async fn fetch_thread(&self, id: &str) -> crate::Result<()> {
+		crawl_replies(self, id, 0).await
+	}
+
 	async fn fetch_object(&self, id: &str) -> crate::Result<model::object::Model> {
 		fetch_object_inner(self, id, 0).await
 	}
@@ -178,6 +184,58 @@ impl Fetcher for Context {
 	}
 }
 
+#[async_recursion::async_recursion]
+async fn crawl_replies(ctx: &Context, id: &str, depth: usize) -> crate::Result<()> {
+	tracing::info!("crawling replies of '{id}'");
+	let object = Context::request(
+		Method::GET, id, None, &format!("https://{}", ctx.domain()), &ctx.app().private_key, ctx.domain(),
+	).await?.json::<serde_json::Value>().await?;
+
+	let object_model = model::object::Model::new(&object)?;
+	match model::object::Entity::insert(object_model.into_active_model())
+		.exec(ctx.db()).await
+	{
+		Ok(_) => {},
+		Err(sea_orm::DbErr::RecordNotInserted) => {},
+		Err(e) => return Err(e.into()),
+	}
+
+	if depth > 16 {
+		tracing::warn!("stopping thread crawling: too deep!");
+		return Ok(());
+	}
+
+	let mut page_url = match object.replies().get() {
+		Some(serde_json::Value::String(x)) => {
+			let replies = Context::request(
+				Method::GET, x, None, &format!("https://{}", ctx.domain()), &ctx.app().private_key, ctx.domain(),
+			).await?.json::<serde_json::Value>().await?;
+			replies.first().id()
+		},
+		Some(serde_json::Value::Object(x)) => {
+			let obj = serde_json::Value::Object(x.clone()); // lol putting it back, TODO!
+			obj.first().id()
+		},
+		_ => return Ok(()),
+	};
+
+	while let Some(ref url) = page_url {
+		let replies = Context::request(
+			Method::GET, url, None, &format!("https://{}", ctx.domain()), &ctx.app().private_key, ctx.domain(),
+		).await?.json::<serde_json::Value>().await?;
+
+		for reply in replies.items() {
+			// TODO right now it crawls one by one, could be made in parallel but would be quite more
+			// abusive, so i'll keep it like this while i try it out
+			crawl_replies(ctx, reply.href(), depth + 1).await?;
+		}
+
+		page_url = replies.next().id();
+	}
+
+	Ok(())
+}
+
 #[async_recursion::async_recursion]
 async fn fetch_object_inner(ctx: &Context, id: &str, depth: usize) -> crate::Result<model::object::Model> {
 	if let Some(x) = model::object::Entity::find_by_id(id).one(ctx.db()).await? {