diff --git a/src/model/object.rs b/src/model/object.rs
index b2887674..eeceba95 100644
--- a/src/model/object.rs
+++ b/src/model/object.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-use apb::{BaseMut, CollectionMut, ObjectMut};
+use apb::{BaseMut, ObjectMut};
 use sea_orm::entity::prelude::*;
 
 use crate::routes::activitypub::jsonld::LD;
@@ -59,13 +59,6 @@ impl Model {
 			.set_content(self.content.as_deref())
 			.set_context(apb::Node::maybe_link(self.context.clone()))
 			.set_in_reply_to(apb::Node::maybe_link(self.in_reply_to.clone()))
-			.set_replies(apb::Node::object(
-				serde_json::Value::new_object()
-					.set_id(Some(&format!("{}/replies", self.id)))
-					.set_collection_type(Some(apb::CollectionType::OrderedCollection))
-					.set_first(apb::Node::link(format!("{}/replies/page", self.id)))
-					.set_total_items(Some(self.comments as u64))
-			))
 			.set_published(Some(self.published))
 			.set_to(apb::Node::links(self.to.0.clone()))
 			.set_bto(apb::Node::Empty)
diff --git a/src/routes/activitypub/object/mod.rs b/src/routes/activitypub/object/mod.rs
index 9477b7c1..d83ddf6b 100644
--- a/src/routes/activitypub/object/mod.rs
+++ b/src/routes/activitypub/object/mod.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 pub mod replies;
 
+use apb::{BaseMut, CollectionMut, ObjectMut};
 use axum::extract::{Path, Query, State};
 use sea_orm::{ColumnTrait, QueryFilter};
 
@@ -18,19 +19,36 @@ pub async fn view(
 	} else {
 		ctx.oid(id.clone())
 	};
-	match model::addressing::Entity::find_activities()
+
+	let result = model::addressing::Entity::find_activities()
 		.filter(model::object::Column::Id.eq(&oid))
 		.filter(auth.filter_condition())
 		.into_model::<EmbeddedActivity>()
 		.one(ctx.db())
-		.await?
-	{
-		Some(EmbeddedActivity { activity: _, object: Some(object) }) => Ok(JsonLD(object.ap().ld_context())),
-		Some(EmbeddedActivity { activity: _, object: None }) => Err(UpubError::not_found()),
-		None => if auth.is_local() && query.fetch && !ctx.is_local(&oid) {
-			Ok(JsonLD(ctx.fetch_object(&oid).await?.ap().ld_context()))
-		} else {
-			Err(UpubError::not_found())
+		.await?;
+
+	let object = match result {
+		Some(EmbeddedActivity { activity: _, object: Some(obj) }) => obj,
+		_ => {
+			if auth.is_local() && query.fetch && !ctx.is_local(&oid) {
+				ctx.fetch_object(&oid).await?
+			} else {
+				return Err(UpubError::not_found()) 
+			}
 		},
-	}
+	};
+
+	let replies = 
+		serde_json::Value::new_object()
+			.set_id(Some(&crate::url!(ctx, "/objects/{id}/replies")))
+			.set_collection_type(Some(apb::CollectionType::OrderedCollection))
+			.set_first(apb::Node::link(crate::url!(ctx, "/objects/{id}/replies/page")))
+			.set_total_items(Some(object.comments as u64));
+
+
+	Ok(JsonLD(
+		object.ap()
+			.set_replies(apb::Node::object(replies))
+			.ld_context()
+	))
 }
diff --git a/src/server/context.rs b/src/server/context.rs
index c14ccce1..5c664d09 100644
--- a/src/server/context.rs
+++ b/src/server/context.rs
@@ -105,11 +105,14 @@ impl Context {
 	}
 
 	/// get bare id, usually an uuid but unspecified
-	pub fn id(&self, id: String) -> String {
-		if id.starts_with(&self.0.domain) {
-			id.split('/').last().unwrap_or("").to_string()
+	pub fn id(&self, uri: &str) -> String {
+		if uri.starts_with(&self.0.domain) {
+			uri.split('/').last().unwrap_or("").to_string()
 		} else {
-			id
+			uri
+				.replace("https://", "+")
+				.replace("http://", "+")
+				.replace('/', "@")
 		}
 	}