diff --git a/web/src/app.rs b/web/src/app.rs
index 9bc310ba..9f2a3071 100644
--- a/web/src/app.rs
+++ b/web/src/app.rs
@@ -99,6 +99,8 @@ pub fn App() -> impl IntoView {
 											<Route path="/web/users/:id" view=move || view! { <UserPage tl=user_tl /> } />
 											<Route path="/web/objects/:id" view=move || view! { <ObjectPage tl=context_tl /> } />
 
+											<Route path="/web/debug" view=DebugPage />
+
 											<Route path="/" view=move || view! { <Redirect path="/web" /> } />
 										</Routes>
 								</main>
diff --git a/web/src/control.rs b/web/src/control.rs
index 0b296490..4e49f42d 100644
--- a/web/src/control.rs
+++ b/web/src/control.rs
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ pub fn Navigator() -> impl IntoView {
 		<a href="/web/home"><input class="w-100" type="submit" class:hidden=move || !auth.present() value="home timeline" /></a>
 		<a href="/web/server"><input class="w-100" type="submit" value="server timeline" /></a>
 		<a href="/web/about"><input class="w-100" type="submit" value="about" /></a>
-		<a href="/web/config"><input class="w-100" type="submit" value="config" class:hidden=move|| !auth.present() /></a>
+		<a href="/web/debug"><input class="w-100" type="submit" value="debug" class:hidden=move|| !auth.present() /></a>
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/web/src/page.rs b/web/src/page.rs
index 3e02b2a6..324675b6 100644
--- a/web/src/page.rs
+++ b/web/src/page.rs
@@ -196,3 +196,39 @@ pub fn TimelinePage(name: &'static str, tl: Timeline) -> impl IntoView {
 		</div>
 	}
 }
+
+#[component]
+pub fn DebugPage() -> impl IntoView {
+	let url_ref: NodeRef<html::Input> = create_node_ref();
+	let (object, set_object) = create_signal(serde_json::Value::String(
+		"use this view to fetch remote AP objects and inspect their content".into())
+	);
+	let auth = use_context::<Auth>().expect("missing auth context");
+	view! {
+		<div>
+			<Breadcrumb back=true>debug</Breadcrumb>
+			<div class="mt-1" >
+				<table class="align w-100" >
+					<tr>
+						<td><input class="w-100" type="text" node_ref=url_ref placeholder="AP id" /></td>
+						<td>
+							<input type="submit" class="w-100" value="fetch" on:click=move |_| {
+								let fetch_url = url_ref.get().map(|x| x.value()).unwrap_or("".into());
+								let url = format!("{URL_BASE}/dbg?id={fetch_url}");
+								spawn_local(async move {
+									match Http::fetch::<serde_json::Value>(&url, auth).await {
+										Ok(x) => set_object.set(x),
+										Err(e) => set_object.set(serde_json::Value::String(e.to_string())),
+									}
+								});
+							} />
+						</td>
+					</tr>
+				</table>
+			</div>
+			<pre class="ma-1" >
+				{move || serde_json::to_string_pretty(&object.get()).unwrap_or("unserializable".to_string())}
+			</pre>
+		</div>
+	}
+}