diff --git a/src/BirdsiteLive.Domain/ActivityPubService.cs b/src/BirdsiteLive.Domain/ActivityPubService.cs
index 37fe0b5..c242a99 100644
--- a/src/BirdsiteLive.Domain/ActivityPubService.cs
+++ b/src/BirdsiteLive.Domain/ActivityPubService.cs
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ using BirdsiteLive.ActivityPub.Models;
 using BirdsiteLive.Common.Settings;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging;
 using Newtonsoft.Json;
-using Org.BouncyCastle.Bcpg;
 
 namespace BirdsiteLive.Domain
 {
@@ -45,6 +44,12 @@ namespace BirdsiteLive.Domain
             var httpClient = _httpClientFactory.CreateClient();
             httpClient.DefaultRequestHeaders.Add("Accept", "application/activity+json");
             var result = await httpClient.GetAsync(objectId);
+
+            if (result.StatusCode == HttpStatusCode.Gone)
+                throw new UserIsGoneException();
+
+            result.EnsureSuccessStatusCode();
+
             var content = await result.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();
 
             var actor = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<Actor>(content);
diff --git a/src/BirdsiteLive.Domain/Exceptions/UserIsGoneException.cs b/src/BirdsiteLive.Domain/Exceptions/UserIsGoneException.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..96476fe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/BirdsiteLive.Domain/Exceptions/UserIsGoneException.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+using System;
+
+namespace BirdsiteLive.Domain
+{
+    public class UserIsGoneException : Exception
+    {
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/BirdsiteLive/Controllers/UsersController.cs b/src/BirdsiteLive/Controllers/UsersController.cs
index f59ae21..de63af1 100644
--- a/src/BirdsiteLive/Controllers/UsersController.cs
+++ b/src/BirdsiteLive/Controllers/UsersController.cs
@@ -183,33 +183,41 @@ namespace BirdsiteLive.Controllers
                     switch (activity?.type)
                     {
                         case "Follow":
-                            {
-                                var succeeded = await _userService.FollowRequestedAsync(signature, r.Method, r.Path,
-                                    r.QueryString.ToString(), HeaderHandler.RequestHeaders(r.Headers), activity as ActivityFollow, body);
-                                if (succeeded) return Accepted();
-                                else return Unauthorized();
-                            }
+                        {
+                            var succeeded = await _userService.FollowRequestedAsync(signature, r.Method, r.Path,
+                                r.QueryString.ToString(), HeaderHandler.RequestHeaders(r.Headers),
+                                activity as ActivityFollow, body);
+                            if (succeeded) return Accepted();
+                            else return Unauthorized();
+                        }
                         case "Undo":
                             if (activity is ActivityUndoFollow)
                             {
                                 var succeeded = await _userService.UndoFollowRequestedAsync(signature, r.Method, r.Path,
-                                    r.QueryString.ToString(), HeaderHandler.RequestHeaders(r.Headers), activity as ActivityUndoFollow, body);
+                                    r.QueryString.ToString(), HeaderHandler.RequestHeaders(r.Headers),
+                                    activity as ActivityUndoFollow, body);
                                 if (succeeded) return Accepted();
                                 else return Unauthorized();
                             }
+
                             return Accepted();
                         case "Delete":
-                            {
-                                var succeeded = await _userService.DeleteRequestedAsync(signature, r.Method, r.Path,
-                                    r.QueryString.ToString(), HeaderHandler.RequestHeaders(r.Headers), activity as ActivityDelete, body);
-                                if (succeeded) return Accepted();
-                                else return Unauthorized();
-                            }
+                        {
+                            var succeeded = await _userService.DeleteRequestedAsync(signature, r.Method, r.Path,
+                                r.QueryString.ToString(), HeaderHandler.RequestHeaders(r.Headers),
+                                activity as ActivityDelete, body);
+                            if (succeeded) return Accepted();
+                            else return Unauthorized();
+                        }
                         default:
                             return Accepted();
                     }
                 }
             }
+            catch (UserIsGoneException)
+            {
+                return Accepted();
+            }
             catch (UserNotFoundException)
             {
                 return NotFound();