diff --git a/src/routes/activitypub/mod.rs b/src/routes/activitypub/mod.rs
index 181b985a..3cd4df26 100644
--- a/src/routes/activitypub/mod.rs
+++ b/src/routes/activitypub/mod.rs
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ impl ActivityPubRouter for Router<crate::server::Context> {
 			.route("/nodeinfo/:version", get(ap::well_known::nodeinfo))
 			// actor routes
 			.route("/users/:id", get(ap::user::view))
+			.route("/users/:server/:id", get(ap::user::remote_view))
 			.route("/users/:id/inbox", post(ap::user::inbox::post))
 			.route("/users/:id/inbox", get(ap::user::inbox::get))
 			.route("/users/:id/inbox/page", get(ap::user::inbox::page))
diff --git a/src/routes/activitypub/user/mod.rs b/src/routes/activitypub/user/mod.rs
index f835b6ea..08566eac 100644
--- a/src/routes/activitypub/user/mod.rs
+++ b/src/routes/activitypub/user/mod.rs
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ pub mod outbox;
 pub mod following;
 
 use axum::{extract::{Path, State}, http::StatusCode};
-use sea_orm::EntityTrait;
+use sea_orm::{ColumnTrait, Condition, EntityTrait, QueryFilter};
 
 use apb::{PublicKeyMut, ActorMut, DocumentMut, DocumentType, ObjectMut, BaseMut, Node};
 use crate::{model::{self, user}, server::Context, url};
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ pub async fn view(State(ctx) : State<Context>, Path(id): Path<String>) -> Result
 				.ld_context()
 			))
 		},
-		// remote user
+		// remote user TODDO doesn't work?
 		Ok(Some((user, None))) => Ok(JsonLD(ap_user(user).ld_context())),
 		Ok(None) => Err(StatusCode::NOT_FOUND),
 		Err(e) => {
@@ -70,3 +70,26 @@ pub async fn view(State(ctx) : State<Context>, Path(id): Path<String>) -> Result
 	}
 }
 
+pub async fn remote_view(
+	State(ctx) : State<Context>,
+	Path(server): Path<String>,
+	Path(id): Path<String>,
+) -> Result<JsonLD<serde_json::Value>, StatusCode> {
+	match user::Entity::find()
+		.filter(
+			Condition::all()
+				.add(user::Column::PreferredUsername.eq(id))
+				.add(user::Column::Domain.eq(server))
+		)
+		.one(ctx.db()).await
+	{
+		// local user
+		Ok(Some(user)) => Ok(JsonLD(ap_user(user).ld_context())),
+		Ok(None) => Err(StatusCode::NOT_FOUND),
+		Err(e) => {
+			tracing::error!("error querying for user: {e}");
+			Err(StatusCode::INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR)
+		},
+	}
+}
+