diff --git a/server/federation/follows.js b/server/federation/follows.js
index ae1d4d57..1efdc0ee 100644
--- a/server/federation/follows.js
+++ b/server/federation/follows.js
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ module.exports = {
       actor: `${config.baseurl}/federation/u/${username}`,
       object: body
     }
-    Helpers.signAndSend(message, req.fedi_user.object.inbox)
+    Helpers.signAndSend(JSON.stringify(message), req.fedi_user.object.inbox)
     res.sendStatus(200)
   },
 
diff --git a/server/federation/helpers.js b/server/federation/helpers.js
index 63f591e3..38b02c2f 100644
--- a/server/federation/helpers.js
+++ b/server/federation/helpers.js
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ const Helpers = {
     signer.end()
     const signature = signer.sign(privkey)
     const signature_b64 = signature.toString('base64')
-    const header = `keyId="${config.baseurl}/federation/u/${settingsController.settings.instance_name}",algorithm="rsa-sha265",headers="(request-target) host date digest",signature="${signature_b64}"`
+    const header = `keyId="${config.baseurl}/federation/u/${settingsController.settings.instance_name}",algorithm="rsa-sha256",headers="(request-target) host date digest",signature="${signature_b64}"`
     try {
       const ret = await axios(inbox, {
         headers: {
diff --git a/server/federation/users.js b/server/federation/users.js
index 618994c9..9079af50 100644
--- a/server/federation/users.js
+++ b/server/federation/users.js
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ module.exports = {
       return res.status(404).send(`No record found for ${name}`)
     }
 
-    const events = await Event.findAll({ include: [{ model: Tag, required: false }, Place] })
+    const events = await Event.findAll({ include: [{ model: Tag, required: false }, Place], limit: 10 })
     log.debug(`${config.baseurl} Inside ${name} outbox, should return all events from this instance: ${events.length}`)
 
     // https://www.w3.org/TR/activitypub/#outbox