diff --git a/app/Jobs/InboxPipeline/InboxValidator.php b/app/Jobs/InboxPipeline/InboxValidator.php
index 4b85a1bd0..bfc3457d9 100644
--- a/app/Jobs/InboxPipeline/InboxValidator.php
+++ b/app/Jobs/InboxPipeline/InboxValidator.php
@@ -223,6 +223,9 @@ class InboxValidator implements ShouldQueue
           'User-Agent' => 'PixelfedBot v0.1 - https://pixelfed.org',
         ])->get($actor->remote_url);
         $res = json_decode($res->body(), true, 8);
+        if(!$res || empty($res) || !isset($res['publicKey']) || !isset($res['publicKey']['id'])) {
+        	return;
+        }
         if($res['publicKey']['id'] !== $actor->key_id) {
             return;
         }
diff --git a/app/Jobs/InboxPipeline/InboxWorker.php b/app/Jobs/InboxPipeline/InboxWorker.php
index ad3a085b5..a888fd3c6 100644
--- a/app/Jobs/InboxPipeline/InboxWorker.php
+++ b/app/Jobs/InboxPipeline/InboxWorker.php
@@ -211,6 +211,9 @@ class InboxWorker implements ShouldQueue
           'User-Agent' => 'PixelfedBot v0.1 - https://pixelfed.org',
         ])->get($actor->remote_url);
         $res = json_decode($res->body(), true, 8);
+        if(!$res || empty($res) || !isset($res['publicKey']) || !isset($res['publicKey']['id'])) {
+        	return;
+        }
         if($res['publicKey']['id'] !== $actor->key_id) {
             return;
         }