diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/FederationController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/FederationController.php
index 5bf37aa6..9540d5db 100644
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/FederationController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/FederationController.php
@@ -2,7 +2,10 @@
 
 namespace App\Http\Controllers;
 
-use App\Jobs\InboxPipeline\InboxWorker;
+use App\Jobs\InboxPipeline\{
+    InboxWorker,
+    InboxValidator
+};
 use App\Jobs\RemoteFollowPipeline\RemoteFollowPipeline;
 use App\{
     AccountLog,
@@ -18,8 +21,10 @@ use Cache;
 use Carbon\Carbon;
 use Illuminate\Http\Request;
 use League\Fractal;
-use App\Util\ActivityPub\Helpers;
-use App\Util\ActivityPub\HttpSignature;
+use App\Util\ActivityPub\{
+    Helpers,
+    HttpSignature
+};
 use \Zttp\Zttp;
 
 class FederationController extends Controller
@@ -204,19 +209,9 @@ class FederationController extends Controller
         abort_if(!config('federation.activitypub.enabled'), 404);
         abort_if(!config('federation.activitypub.inbox'), 404);
 
-        $profile = Profile::whereNull('domain')->whereUsername($username)->firstOrFail();
-        if($profile->status != null) {
-            return ProfileController::accountCheck($profile);
-        }
-        $body = $request->getContent();
-        $bodyDecoded = json_decode($body, true, 8);
-        if($this->verifySignature($request, $profile) == true) {
-            InboxWorker::dispatch($request->headers->all(), $profile, $bodyDecoded);
-        } else if($this->blindKeyRotation($request, $profile) == true) {
-            InboxWorker::dispatch($request->headers->all(), $profile, $bodyDecoded);
-        } else {
-            abort(400, 'Bad Signature');
-        }
+        $headers = $request->headers->all();
+        $payload = $request->getContent();
+        InboxValidator::dispatch($username, $headers, $payload);
         return;
     }
 
diff --git a/app/Jobs/InboxPipeline/InboxValidator.php b/app/Jobs/InboxPipeline/InboxValidator.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9032cd87
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/Jobs/InboxPipeline/InboxValidator.php
@@ -0,0 +1,151 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace App\Jobs\InboxPipeline;
+
+use App\Profile;
+use App\Util\ActivityPub\{
+    Helpers,
+    HttpSignature,
+    Inbox
+};
+use Illuminate\Bus\Queueable;
+use Illuminate\Queue\SerializesModels;
+use Illuminate\Queue\InteractsWithQueue;
+use Illuminate\Contracts\Queue\ShouldQueue;
+use Illuminate\Foundation\Bus\Dispatchable;
+use \Zttp\Zttp;
+
+class InboxValidator implements ShouldQueue
+{
+    use Dispatchable, InteractsWithQueue, Queueable, SerializesModels;
+
+    protected $username;
+    protected $headers;
+    protected $payload;
+
+    /**
+     * Create a new job instance.
+     *
+     * @return void
+     */
+    public function __construct($username, $headers, $payload)
+    {
+        $this->username = $username;
+        $this->headers = $headers;
+        $this->payload = $payload;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Execute the job.
+     *
+     * @return void
+     */
+    public function handle()
+    {
+        $username = $this->username;
+        $headers = $this->headers;
+        $payload = json_decode($this->payload, true, 8);
+
+        $profile = Profile::whereNull('domain')->whereUsername($username)->first();
+
+        if(empty($profile)) {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        if($profile->status != null) {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        if($this->verifySignature($headers, $profile, $payload) == true) {
+            InboxWorker::dispatch($headers, $profile, $payload);
+        } else if($this->blindKeyRotation($headers, $profile) == true) {
+            InboxWorker::dispatch($headers, $profile, $payload);
+        } else {
+            return;
+        }
+
+    }
+
+    protected function verifySignature($headers, $profile, $payload)
+    {
+        $body = $this->payload;
+        $bodyDecoded = $payload;
+        $signature = $headers['signature'];
+        $date = $headers['date'];
+        if(!$signature) {
+            abort(400, 'Missing signature header');
+        }
+        if(!$date) {
+            abort(400, 'Missing date header');
+        }
+        if(!now()->parse($date)->gt(now()->subDays(1)) || !now()->parse($date)->lt(now()->addDays(1))) {
+            abort(400, 'Invalid date');
+        }
+        $signatureData = HttpSignature::parseSignatureHeader($signature);
+        $keyId = Helpers::validateUrl($signatureData['keyId']);
+        $id = Helpers::validateUrl($bodyDecoded['id']);
+        $keyDomain = parse_url($keyId, PHP_URL_HOST);
+        $idDomain = parse_url($id, PHP_URL_HOST);
+        if(isset($bodyDecoded['object']) 
+            && is_array($bodyDecoded['object'])
+            && isset($bodyDecoded['object']['attributedTo'])
+        ) {
+            if(parse_url($bodyDecoded['object']['attributedTo'], PHP_URL_HOST) !== $keyDomain) {
+                abort(400, 'Invalid request');
+            }
+        }
+        if(!$keyDomain || !$idDomain || $keyDomain !== $idDomain) {
+            abort(400, 'Invalid request');
+        }
+        $actor = Profile::whereKeyId($keyId)->first();
+        if(!$actor) {
+            $actor = Helpers::profileFirstOrNew($bodyDecoded['actor']);
+        }
+        if(!$actor) {
+            return false;
+        }
+        $pkey = openssl_pkey_get_public($actor->public_key);
+        $inboxPath = "/users/{$profile->username}/inbox";
+        list($verified, $headers) = HTTPSignature::verify($pkey, $signatureData, $headers, $inboxPath, $body);
+        if($verified == 1) { 
+            return true;
+        } else {
+            return false;
+        }
+    }
+
+    protected function blindKeyRotation($headers, $profile, $payload)
+    {
+        $signature = $headers['signature'];
+        $date = $headers['date'];
+        if(!$signature) {
+            return false;
+        }
+        if(!$date) {
+            return false;
+        }
+        if(!now()->parse($date)->gt(now()->subDays(1)) || !now()->parse($date)->lt(now()->addDays(1))) {
+            return false;
+        }
+        $signatureData = HttpSignature::parseSignatureHeader($signature);
+        $keyId = Helpers::validateUrl($signatureData['keyId']);
+        $actor = Profile::whereKeyId($keyId)->whereNotNull('remote_url')->first();
+        if(!$actor) {
+            return false;
+        }
+        if(Helpers::validateUrl($actor->remote_url) == false) {
+            return false;
+        }
+        $res = Zttp::timeout(5)->withHeaders([
+          'Accept'     => 'application/ld+json; profile="https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams"',
+          'User-Agent' => 'PixelfedBot v0.1 - https://pixelfed.org',
+        ])->get($actor->remote_url);
+        $res = json_decode($res->body(), true, 8);
+        if($res['publicKey']['id'] !== $actor->key_id) {
+            return false;
+        }
+        $actor->public_key = $res['publicKey']['publicKeyPem'];
+        $actor->save();
+        return $this->verifySignature($headers, $profile, $payload);
+    }
+}