diff --git a/core/activitypub/activity.js b/core/activitypub/activity.js
index 809e8dc8..c5b5dbcd 100644
--- a/core/activitypub/activity.js
+++ b/core/activitypub/activity.js
@@ -1,20 +1,8 @@
-const {
-    ActivityStreamMediaType,
-    WellKnownActivityTypes,
-    WellKnownActivity,
-    HttpSignatureSignHeaders,
-} = require('./const');
+const { WellKnownActivityTypes, WellKnownActivity } = require('./const');
 const { recipientIdsFromObject } = require('./util');
-const Endpoints = require('./endpoint');
 const ActivityPubObject = require('./object');
-const { Errors } = require('../enig_error');
-const UserProps = require('../user_property');
-const { postJson } = require('../http_util');
 const { getISOTimestampString } = require('../database');
 
-// deps
-const _ = require('lodash');
-
 module.exports = class Activity extends ActivityPubObject {
     constructor(obj, withContext = ActivityPubObject.DefaultContext) {
         super(obj, withContext);
@@ -84,32 +72,6 @@ module.exports = class Activity extends ActivityPubObject {
         });
     }
 
-    sendTo(inboxEndpoint, fromUser, webServer, cb) {
-        const privateKey = fromUser.getProperty(UserProps.PrivateActivityPubSigningKey);
-        if (_.isEmpty(privateKey)) {
-            return cb(
-                Errors.MissingProperty(
-                    `User "${fromUser.username}" is missing the '${UserProps.PrivateActivityPubSigningKey}' property`
-                )
-            );
-        }
-
-        const reqOpts = {
-            headers: {
-                'Content-Type': ActivityStreamMediaType,
-            },
-            sign: {
-                key: privateKey,
-                keyId: Endpoints.actorId(webServer, fromUser) + '#main-key',
-                authorizationHeaderName: 'Signature',
-                headers: HttpSignatureSignHeaders,
-            },
-        };
-
-        const activityJson = JSON.stringify(this);
-        return postJson(inboxEndpoint, activityJson, reqOpts, cb);
-    }
-
     recipientIds() {
         return recipientIdsFromObject(this);
     }
diff --git a/core/activitypub/actor.js b/core/activitypub/actor.js
index 735dcbf6..c2d94caa 100644
--- a/core/activitypub/actor.js
+++ b/core/activitypub/actor.js
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ module.exports = class Actor extends ActivityPubObject {
 
     static _fromCache(actorIdOrSubject, cb) {
         apDb.get(
-            `SELECT rowid, actor_json, subject, timestamp,
+            `SELECT actor_json, subject, timestamp
             FROM actor_cache
             WHERE actor_id = ? OR subject = ?
             LIMIT 1;`,
diff --git a/core/activitypub/object.js b/core/activitypub/object.js
index 018dabca..21e4217b 100644
--- a/core/activitypub/object.js
+++ b/core/activitypub/object.js
@@ -1,8 +1,15 @@
-const { ActivityStreamsContext } = require('./util');
+const {
+    ActivityStreamsContext,
+    ActivityStreamMediaType,
+    HttpSignatureSignHeaders,
+} = require('./const');
 const Endpoints = require('./endpoint');
+const UserProps = require('../user_property');
+const { Errors } = require('../enig_error');
+const { postJson } = require('../http_util');
 
 // deps
-const { isString, isObject } = require('lodash');
+const { isString, isObject, isEmpty } = require('lodash');
 
 const Context = '@context';
 
@@ -79,4 +86,30 @@ module.exports = class ActivityPubObject {
     static makeObjectId(webServer, objectType) {
         return Endpoints.objectId(webServer, objectType);
     }
+
+    sendTo(inboxEndpoint, fromUser, webServer, cb) {
+        const privateKey = fromUser.getProperty(UserProps.PrivateActivityPubSigningKey);
+        if (isEmpty(privateKey)) {
+            return cb(
+                Errors.MissingProperty(
+                    `User "${fromUser.username}" is missing the '${UserProps.PrivateActivityPubSigningKey}' property`
+                )
+            );
+        }
+
+        const reqOpts = {
+            headers: {
+                'Content-Type': ActivityStreamMediaType,
+            },
+            sign: {
+                key: privateKey,
+                keyId: Endpoints.actorId(webServer, fromUser) + '#main-key',
+                authorizationHeaderName: 'Signature',
+                headers: HttpSignatureSignHeaders,
+            },
+        };
+
+        const activityJson = JSON.stringify(this);
+        return postJson(inboxEndpoint, activityJson, reqOpts, cb);
+    }
 };
diff --git a/core/activitypub/util.js b/core/activitypub/util.js
index 05002aa2..88e249ff 100644
--- a/core/activitypub/util.js
+++ b/core/activitypub/util.js
@@ -3,7 +3,9 @@ const { Errors, ErrorReasons } = require('../enig_error');
 const UserProps = require('../user_property');
 const ActivityPubSettings = require('./settings');
 const { stripAnsiControlCodes } = require('../string_util');
-const { WellKnownRecipientFields } = require('./const');
+const { WellKnownRecipientFields, WellKnownActivity } = require('./const');
+const ActivityPubObject = require('./object');
+const Log = require('../logger').log;
 
 // deps
 const _ = require('lodash');
@@ -15,9 +17,6 @@ const moment = require('moment');
 const { striptags } = require('striptags');
 const { encode, decode } = require('html-entities');
 const { isString } = require('lodash');
-const Log = require('../logger').log;
-
-exports.ActivityStreamsContext = 'https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams';
 
 exports.parseTimestampOrNow = parseTimestampOrNow;
 exports.isValidLink = isValidLink;
@@ -29,6 +28,7 @@ exports.htmlToMessageBody = htmlToMessageBody;
 exports.userNameFromSubject = userNameFromSubject;
 exports.extractMessageMetadata = extractMessageMetadata;
 exports.recipientIdsFromObject = recipientIdsFromObject;
+exports.sendFollowRequest = sendFollowRequest;
 
 //  :TODO: more info in default
 // this profile template is the *default* for both WebFinger
@@ -259,3 +259,23 @@ function recipientIdsFromObject(obj) {
 
     return Array.from(new Set(ids));
 }
+
+function sendFollowRequest(fromUser, toActor, webServer, cb) {
+    const fromActorId = fromUser.getProperty(UserProps.ActivityPubActorId);
+    if (!fromActorId) {
+        return cb(
+            Errors.MissingProperty(
+                `User missing "${UserProps.ActivityPubActorId}" property`
+            )
+        );
+    }
+
+    const followRequest = new ActivityPubObject({
+        id: ActivityPubObject.makeObjectId(webServer, 'follow'),
+        type: WellKnownActivity.Follow,
+        actor: fromActorId,
+        object: toActor.id,
+    });
+
+    return followRequest.sendTo(toActor.inbox, fromUser, webServer, cb);
+}
diff --git a/core/http_util.js b/core/http_util.js
index 53654b32..d7bf57a8 100644
--- a/core/http_util.js
+++ b/core/http_util.js
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ function postJson(url, json, options, cb) {
 
 function _makeRequest(url, options, cb) {
     if (options.body) {
-        options.headers['Content-Length'] = Buffer(options.body).length;
+        options.headers['Content-Length'] = Buffer.from(options.body).length;
 
         if (options?.sign?.headers?.includes('digest')) {
             options.headers['Digest'] =
diff --git a/core/scanner_tossers/activitypub.js b/core/scanner_tossers/activitypub.js
index 62dee319..22d32d58 100644
--- a/core/scanner_tossers/activitypub.js
+++ b/core/scanner_tossers/activitypub.js
@@ -283,7 +283,7 @@ exports.getModule = class ActivityPubScannerTosser extends MessageScanTossModule
                         }
 
                         return cb(null, {
-                            additionalTo: actor.id,
+                            additionalTo: actor.inbox,
                             sharedInboxes: endpoints,
                             followers: followersEndpoint,
                         });