diff --git a/database/entities/Federation.ts b/database/entities/Federation.ts
index 351fb2c5..04390442 100644
--- a/database/entities/Federation.ts
+++ b/database/entities/Federation.ts
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ export const objectToInboxRequest = async (
         headers: {
             "Content-Type": "application/json",
             Date: date.toISOString(),
-            Origin: config.http.base_url,
+            Origin: new URL(config.http.base_url).host,
             Signature: `keyId="${author.uri}",algorithm="ed25519",headers="(request-target) host date digest",signature="${signatureBase64}"`,
         },
         body: JSON.stringify(object),
diff --git a/database/entities/Instance.ts b/database/entities/Instance.ts
index 3f7aa21c..e38f0196 100644
--- a/database/entities/Instance.ts
+++ b/database/entities/Instance.ts
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ export const addInstanceIfNotExists = async (
 
     if (found) return found;
 
+    console.log(`Fetching instance metadata for ${origin}`);
+
     // Fetch the instance configuration
     const metadata = (await fetch(new URL("/.well-known/lysand", origin)).then(
         (res) => res.json(),
diff --git a/database/entities/User.ts b/database/entities/User.ts
index b0780974..7d66708d 100644
--- a/database/entities/User.ts
+++ b/database/entities/User.ts
@@ -137,7 +137,6 @@ export const resolveUser = async (uri: string) => {
     const response = await fetch(uri, {
         method: "GET",
         headers: {
-            "Content-Type": "application/json",
             Accept: "application/json",
         },
     });