diff --git a/lib/pleroma/web/activity_pub/activity_pub.ex b/lib/pleroma/web/activity_pub/activity_pub.ex
index ec9c5e970..75e4101f2 100644
--- a/lib/pleroma/web/activity_pub/activity_pub.ex
+++ b/lib/pleroma/web/activity_pub/activity_pub.ex
@@ -54,6 +54,12 @@ def fetch_activities(recipients, opts \\ %{}) do
     query = from activity in query,
       where: activity.id > ^since_id
 
+    query = if opts["max_id"] do
+      from activity in query, where: activity.id < ^opts["max_id"]
+    else
+      query
+    end
+
     Repo.all(query)
     |> Enum.reverse
   end
diff --git a/lib/pleroma/web/router.ex b/lib/pleroma/web/router.ex
index 8e6a2b012..1ced7f3ea 100644
--- a/lib/pleroma/web/router.ex
+++ b/lib/pleroma/web/router.ex
@@ -25,13 +25,16 @@ def user_fetcher(username) do
     get "/statuses/public_and_external_timeline", TwitterAPI.Controller, :public_timeline
     get "/statuses/show/:id", TwitterAPI.Controller, :fetch_status
     get "/statusnet/conversation/:id", TwitterAPI.Controller, :fetch_conversation
+    get "/statusnet/config", TwitterAPI.Controller, :config
   end
 
   scope "/api", Pleroma.Web do
     pipe_through :authenticated_api
 
+    get "/account/verify_credentials", TwitterAPI.Controller, :verify_credentials
     post "/account/verify_credentials", TwitterAPI.Controller, :verify_credentials
     post "/statuses/update", TwitterAPI.Controller, :status_update
+    get "/statuses/home_timeline", TwitterAPI.Controller, :friends_timeline
     get "/statuses/friends_timeline", TwitterAPI.Controller, :friends_timeline
     get "/statuses/user_timeline", TwitterAPI.Controller, :user_timeline
     post "/friendships/create", TwitterAPI.Controller, :follow
diff --git a/lib/pleroma/web/twitter_api/representers/activity_representer.ex b/lib/pleroma/web/twitter_api/representers/activity_representer.ex
index 5fe0df359..9e4ffaefe 100644
--- a/lib/pleroma/web/twitter_api/representers/activity_representer.ex
+++ b/lib/pleroma/web/twitter_api/representers/activity_representer.ex
@@ -3,7 +3,11 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Web.TwitterAPI.Representers.ActivityRepresenter do
   alias Pleroma.Web.TwitterAPI.Representers.{UserRepresenter, ObjectRepresenter}
   alias Pleroma.Activity
 
+
   def to_map(%Activity{data: %{"type" => "Follow"}} = activity, %{user: user} = opts) do
+    created_at = get_in(activity.data, ["published"])
+    |> date_to_asctime
+
     %{
       "id" => activity.id,
       "user" => UserRepresenter.to_map(user, opts),
@@ -12,14 +16,15 @@ def to_map(%Activity{data: %{"type" => "Follow"}} = activity, %{user: user} = op
       "text" => "",
       "is_local" => true,
       "is_post_verb" => false,
-      "created_at" => get_in(activity.data, ["published"]),
+      "created_at" => created_at,
       "in_reply_to_status_id" => nil,
     }
   end
 
   def to_map(%Activity{} = activity, %{user: user} = opts) do
     content = get_in(activity.data, ["object", "content"])
-    published = get_in(activity.data, ["object", "published"])
+    created_at = get_in(activity.data, ["object", "published"])
+    |> date_to_asctime
 
     mentions = opts[:mentioned] || []
 
@@ -33,14 +38,22 @@ def to_map(%Activity{} = activity, %{user: user} = opts) do
       "user" => UserRepresenter.to_map(user, opts),
       "attentions" => [],
       "statusnet_html" => content,
-      "text" => content,
+      "text" => HtmlSanitizeEx.strip_tags(content),
       "is_local" => true,
       "is_post_verb" => true,
-      "created_at" => published,
+      "created_at" => created_at,
       "in_reply_to_status_id" => activity.data["object"]["inReplyToStatusId"],
       "statusnet_conversation_id" => activity.data["object"]["statusnetConversationId"],
       "attachments" => (activity.data["object"]["attachment"] || []) |> ObjectRepresenter.enum_to_list(opts),
       "attentions" => attentions
     }
   end
+
+  defp date_to_asctime(date) do
+    with {:ok, date, _offset} <- date |> DateTime.from_iso8601 do
+      Calendar.Strftime.strftime!(date, "%a %b %d %H:%M:%S %z %Y")
+    else e ->
+      ""
+    end
+  end
 end
diff --git a/lib/pleroma/web/twitter_api/twitter_api.ex b/lib/pleroma/web/twitter_api/twitter_api.ex
index 0a942e880..0217b28d6 100644
--- a/lib/pleroma/web/twitter_api/twitter_api.ex
+++ b/lib/pleroma/web/twitter_api/twitter_api.ex
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ def create_status(user = %User{}, data = %{}) do
   end
 
   def fetch_friend_statuses(user, opts \\ %{}) do
-    ActivityPub.fetch_activities(user.following, opts)
+    ActivityPub.fetch_activities([user.ap_id | user.following], opts)
     |> activities_to_statuses(%{for: user})
   end
 
diff --git a/lib/pleroma/web/twitter_api/twitter_api_controller.ex b/lib/pleroma/web/twitter_api/twitter_api_controller.ex
index 741689ebf..11e7b3bdf 100644
--- a/lib/pleroma/web/twitter_api/twitter_api_controller.ex
+++ b/lib/pleroma/web/twitter_api/twitter_api_controller.ex
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ def user_timeline(conn, params) do
   end
 
   def follow(%{assigns: %{user: user}} = conn, %{ "user_id" => followed_id }) do
-    { :ok, _user, follower, _activity } = TwitterAPI.follow(user, followed_id)
+    { :ok, user, follower, _activity } = TwitterAPI.follow(user, followed_id)
 
     response = follower |> UserRepresenter.to_json(%{for: user})
 
@@ -103,6 +103,20 @@ def upload(conn, %{"media" => media}) do
     |> send_resp(200, response)
   end
 
+  def config(conn, _params) do
+    response = %{
+      site: %{
+        name: Pleroma.Web.base_url,
+        server: Pleroma.Web.base_url,
+        textlimit: -1
+      }
+    }
+    |> Poison.encode!
+
+    conn
+    |> json_reply(200, response)
+  end
+
   defp json_reply(conn, status, json) do
     conn
     |> put_resp_content_type("application/json")
diff --git a/mix.exs b/mix.exs
index 90ecba514..43a93cc2c 100644
--- a/mix.exs
+++ b/mix.exs
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ defp deps do
      {:comeonin, "~> 3.0"},
      {:trailing_format_plug, "~> 0.0.5" },
      {:html_sanitize_ex, "~> 1.0.0"},
+     {:calendar, "~> 0.16.1"},
      {:mix_test_watch, "~> 0.2", only: :dev}]
   end
 
diff --git a/mix.lock b/mix.lock
index 072f5bce9..780a63221 100644
--- a/mix.lock
+++ b/mix.lock
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
-%{"comeonin": {:hex, :comeonin, "3.0.2", "8b213268a6634bd2e31a8035a963e974681d13ccc1f73f2ae664b6ac4e993c96", [:make, :mix], [{:elixir_make, "~> 0.4", [hex: :elixir_make, optional: false]}]},
+%{"calendar": {:hex, :calendar, "0.16.1", "782327ad8bae7c797b887840dc4ddb933f05ce6e333e5b04964d7a5d5f79bde3", [:mix], [{:tzdata, "~> 0.5.8 or ~> 0.1.201603", [hex: :tzdata, optional: false]}]},
+  "certifi": {:hex, :certifi, "1.0.0", "1c787a85b1855ba354f0b8920392c19aa1d06b0ee1362f9141279620a5be2039", [:rebar3], []},
+  "comeonin": {:hex, :comeonin, "3.0.2", "8b213268a6634bd2e31a8035a963e974681d13ccc1f73f2ae664b6ac4e993c96", [:make, :mix], [{:elixir_make, "~> 0.4", [hex: :elixir_make, optional: false]}]},
   "connection": {:hex, :connection, "1.0.4", "a1cae72211f0eef17705aaededacac3eb30e6625b04a6117c1b2db6ace7d5976", [:mix], []},
   "cowboy": {:hex, :cowboy, "1.1.2", "61ac29ea970389a88eca5a65601460162d370a70018afe6f949a29dca91f3bb0", [:rebar3], [{:cowlib, "~> 1.0.2", [hex: :cowlib, optional: false]}, {:ranch, "~> 1.3.2", [hex: :ranch, optional: false]}]},
   "cowlib": {:hex, :cowlib, "1.0.2", "9d769a1d062c9c3ac753096f868ca121e2730b9a377de23dec0f7e08b1df84ee", [:make], []},
@@ -8,8 +10,12 @@
   "elixir_make": {:hex, :elixir_make, "0.4.0", "992f38fabe705bb45821a728f20914c554b276838433349d4f2341f7a687cddf", [:mix], []},
   "fs": {:hex, :fs, "2.12.0", "ad631efacc9a5683c8eaa1b274e24fa64a1b8eb30747e9595b93bec7e492e25e", [:rebar3], []},
   "gettext": {:hex, :gettext, "0.13.1", "5e0daf4e7636d771c4c71ad5f3f53ba09a9ae5c250e1ab9c42ba9edccc476263", [:mix], []},
+  "hackney": {:hex, :hackney, "1.7.1", "e238c52c5df3c3b16ce613d3a51c7220a784d734879b1e231c9babd433ac1cb4", [:rebar3], [{:certifi, "1.0.0", [hex: :certifi, optional: false]}, {:idna, "4.0.0", [hex: :idna, optional: false]}, {:metrics, "1.0.1", [hex: :metrics, optional: false]}, {:mimerl, "1.0.2", [hex: :mimerl, optional: false]}, {:ssl_verify_fun, "1.1.1", [hex: :ssl_verify_fun, optional: false]}]},
   "html_sanitize_ex": {:hex, :html_sanitize_ex, "1.0.1", "2572e7122c78ab7e57b613e7c7f5e42bf9b3c25e430e32f23f1413d86db8a0af", [:mix], [{:mochiweb, "~> 2.12.2", [hex: :mochiweb, optional: false]}]},
+  "idna": {:hex, :idna, "4.0.0", "10aaa9f79d0b12cf0def53038547855b91144f1bfcc0ec73494f38bb7b9c4961", [:rebar3], []},
+  "metrics": {:hex, :metrics, "1.0.1", "25f094dea2cda98213cecc3aeff09e940299d950904393b2a29d191c346a8486", [:rebar3], []},
   "mime": {:hex, :mime, "1.1.0", "01c1d6f4083d8aa5c7b8c246ade95139620ef8effb009edde934e0ec3b28090a", [:mix], []},
+  "mimerl": {:hex, :mimerl, "1.0.2", "993f9b0e084083405ed8252b99460c4f0563e41729ab42d9074fd5e52439be88", [:rebar3], []},
   "mix_test_watch": {:hex, :mix_test_watch, "0.3.3", "70859889a8d1d43d1b75d69d87258a301f43209a17787cdb2bd9cab42adf271d", [:mix], [{:fs, "~> 2.12", [hex: :fs, optional: false]}]},
   "mochiweb": {:hex, :mochiweb, "2.12.2", "80804ad342afa3d7f3524040d4eed66ce74b17a555de454ac85b07c479928e46", [:make, :rebar], []},
   "phoenix": {:hex, :phoenix, "1.3.0-rc.1", "0d04948a4bd24823f101024c07b6a4d35e58f1fd92a465c1bc75dd37acd1041a", [:mix], [{:cowboy, "~> 1.0", [hex: :cowboy, optional: true]}, {:phoenix_pubsub, "~> 1.0", [hex: :phoenix_pubsub, optional: false]}, {:plug, "~> 1.3.2 or ~> 1.4", [hex: :plug, optional: false]}, {:poison, "~> 2.2 or ~> 3.0", [hex: :poison, optional: false]}]},
@@ -20,4 +26,6 @@
   "poolboy": {:hex, :poolboy, "1.5.1", "6b46163901cfd0a1b43d692657ed9d7e599853b3b21b95ae5ae0a777cf9b6ca8", [:rebar], []},
   "postgrex": {:hex, :postgrex, "0.13.2", "2b88168fc6a5456a27bfb54ccf0ba4025d274841a7a3af5e5deb1b755d95154e", [:mix], [{:connection, "~> 1.0", [hex: :connection, optional: false]}, {:db_connection, "~> 1.1", [hex: :db_connection, optional: false]}, {:decimal, "~> 1.0", [hex: :decimal, optional: false]}]},
   "ranch": {:hex, :ranch, "1.3.2", "e4965a144dc9fbe70e5c077c65e73c57165416a901bd02ea899cfd95aa890986", [:rebar3], []},
-  "trailing_format_plug": {:hex, :trailing_format_plug, "0.0.6", "777fd71bbc30e54cb36133bacd38fac88d44be410bc60353fe48e91e14c0b990", [:mix], [{:cowboy, "~> 1.0.0", [hex: :cowboy, optional: false]}, {:plug, "> 0.12.0", [hex: :plug, optional: false]}]}}
+  "ssl_verify_fun": {:hex, :ssl_verify_fun, "1.1.1", "28a4d65b7f59893bc2c7de786dec1e1555bd742d336043fe644ae956c3497fbe", [:make, :rebar], []},
+  "trailing_format_plug": {:hex, :trailing_format_plug, "0.0.6", "777fd71bbc30e54cb36133bacd38fac88d44be410bc60353fe48e91e14c0b990", [:mix], [{:cowboy, "~> 1.0.0", [hex: :cowboy, optional: false]}, {:plug, "> 0.12.0", [hex: :plug, optional: false]}]},
+  "tzdata": {:hex, :tzdata, "0.5.11", "3d5469a9f46bdf4a8760333dbdabdcc4751325035c454b10521f71e7c611ae50", [:mix], [{:hackney, "~> 1.0", [hex: :hackney, optional: false]}]}}
diff --git a/test/web/activity_pub/activity_pub_test.exs b/test/web/activity_pub/activity_pub_test.exs
index 2c6f67621..5cfd46238 100644
--- a/test/web/activity_pub/activity_pub_test.exs
+++ b/test/web/activity_pub/activity_pub_test.exs
@@ -94,6 +94,20 @@ test "retrieves ids starting from a since_id" do
       assert length(activities) == 10
       assert last == last_expected
     end
+
+    test "retrieves ids up to max_id" do
+      _first_activities = ActivityBuilder.insert_list(10)
+      activities = ActivityBuilder.insert_list(20)
+      later_activities = ActivityBuilder.insert_list(10)
+      max_id = List.first(later_activities).id
+      last_expected = List.last(activities)
+
+      activities = ActivityPub.fetch_public_activities(%{"max_id" => max_id})
+      last = List.last(activities)
+
+      assert length(activities) == 20
+      assert last == last_expected
+    end
   end
 
   describe "uploading files" do
diff --git a/test/web/twitter_api/representers/activity_representer_test.exs b/test/web/twitter_api/representers/activity_representer_test.exs
index 256d920c0..f1f2b4c9c 100644
--- a/test/web/twitter_api/representers/activity_representer_test.exs
+++ b/test/web/twitter_api/representers/activity_representer_test.exs
@@ -23,8 +23,9 @@ test "an activity" do
       }
     }
 
-    content = "Some content mentioning @shp"
-    date = DateTime.utc_now() |> DateTime.to_iso8601
+    content_html = "Some content mentioning <a href='shp'>@shp</shp>"
+    content = HtmlSanitizeEx.strip_tags(content_html)
+    date = DateTime.from_naive!(~N[2016-05-24 13:26:08.003], "Etc/UTC") |> DateTime.to_iso8601
 
     activity = %Activity{
       id: 1,
@@ -39,7 +40,7 @@ test "an activity" do
         "object" => %{
           "published" => date,
           "type" => "Note",
-          "content" => content,
+          "content" => content_html,
           "inReplyToStatusId" => 213123,
           "statusnetConversationId" => 4711,
           "attachment" => [
@@ -56,10 +57,10 @@ test "an activity" do
       "user" => UserRepresenter.to_map(user, %{for: follower}),
       "is_local" => true,
       "attentions" => [],
-      "statusnet_html" => content,
+      "statusnet_html" => content_html,
       "text" => content,
       "is_post_verb" => true,
-      "created_at" => date,
+      "created_at" => "Tue May 24 13:26:08 +0000 2016",
       "in_reply_to_status_id" => 213123,
       "statusnet_conversation_id" => 4711,
       "attachments" => [
diff --git a/test/web/twitter_api/twitter_api_controller_test.exs b/test/web/twitter_api/twitter_api_controller_test.exs
index 5aad12593..7c75ff757 100644
--- a/test/web/twitter_api/twitter_api_controller_test.exs
+++ b/test/web/twitter_api/twitter_api_controller_test.exs
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ test "with credentials", %{conn: conn, user: current_user} do
 
       current_user = Repo.get(User, current_user.id)
       assert current_user.following == [User.ap_followers(followed)]
-      assert json_response(conn, 200) == UserRepresenter.to_map(followed)
+      assert json_response(conn, 200) == UserRepresenter.to_map(followed, %{for: current_user})
     end
   end
 
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ test "with credentials", %{conn: conn, user: current_user} do
 
       current_user = Repo.get(User, current_user.id)
       assert current_user.following == []
-      assert json_response(conn, 200) == UserRepresenter.to_map(followed)
+      assert json_response(conn, 200) == UserRepresenter.to_map(followed, %{for: current_user})
     end
   end
 
diff --git a/test/web/twitter_api/twitter_api_test.exs b/test/web/twitter_api/twitter_api_test.exs
index ad932131a..e8853a910 100644
--- a/test/web/twitter_api/twitter_api_test.exs
+++ b/test/web/twitter_api/twitter_api_test.exs
@@ -82,15 +82,18 @@ test "fetch public statuses" do
 
   test "fetch friends' statuses" do
     ActivityBuilder.public_and_non_public
+
     {:ok, activity} = ActivityBuilder.insert(%{"to" => ["someguy/followers"]})
+    {:ok, direct_activity} = ActivityBuilder.insert(%{"to" => ["some other id"]})
     {:ok, user} = UserBuilder.insert(%{ap_id: "some other id", following: ["someguy/followers"]})
 
     statuses = TwitterAPI.fetch_friend_statuses(user)
 
     activity_user = Repo.get_by(User, ap_id: activity.data["actor"])
 
-    assert length(statuses) == 1
+    assert length(statuses) == 2
     assert Enum.at(statuses, 0) == ActivityRepresenter.to_map(activity, %{user: activity_user})
+    assert Enum.at(statuses, 1) == ActivityRepresenter.to_map(direct_activity, %{user: activity_user, mentioned: [user]})
   end
 
   test "fetch a single status" do