2 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/server/initializers/constants.ts b/server/initializers/constants.ts
index 4f63cbb02..e3d779456 100644
--- a/server/initializers/constants.ts
+++ b/server/initializers/constants.ts
@@ -316,6 +316,8 @@ const CACHE = {
   }
 }
 
+const ACCEPT_HEADERS = ACTIVITY_PUB.POTENTIAL_ACCEPT_HEADERS.concat('html', 'application/json')
+
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 const OPENGRAPH_AND_OEMBED_COMMENT = '<!-- open graph and oembed tags -->'
@@ -336,6 +338,7 @@ if (isTestInstance() === true) {
 
 export {
   API_VERSION,
+  ACCEPT_HEADERS,
   BCRYPT_SALT_SIZE,
   CACHE,
   CONFIG,
diff --git a/server/middlewares/activitypub.ts b/server/middlewares/activitypub.ts
index 485645720..c2ad18195 100644
--- a/server/middlewares/activitypub.ts
+++ b/server/middlewares/activitypub.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import { NextFunction, Request, RequestHandler, Response } from 'express'
 import { ActivityPubSignature } from '../../shared'
 import { isSignatureVerified, logger } from '../helpers'
 import { database as db } from '../initializers'
-import { ACTIVITY_PUB } from '../initializers/constants'
+import { ACCEPT_HEADERS, ACTIVITY_PUB } from '../initializers/constants'
 import { fetchRemoteAccount, saveAccountAndServerIfNotExist } from '../lib/activitypub/account'
 
 async function checkSignature (req: Request, res: Response, next: NextFunction) {
@@ -37,7 +37,8 @@ async function checkSignature (req: Request, res: Response, next: NextFunction)
 
 function executeIfActivityPub (fun: RequestHandler | RequestHandler[]) {
   return (req: Request, res: Response, next: NextFunction) => {
-    if (!req.accepts(ACTIVITY_PUB.POTENTIAL_ACCEPT_HEADERS)) {
+    const accepted = req.accepts(ACCEPT_HEADERS)
+    if (accepted === false || ACTIVITY_PUB.POTENTIAL_ACCEPT_HEADERS.indexOf(accepted) === -1) {
       return next()
     }