diff --git a/Code/Lib/ActivityPub.php b/Code/Lib/ActivityPub.php
index 555cfcb1e..b701a1b71 100644
--- a/Code/Lib/ActivityPub.php
+++ b/Code/Lib/ActivityPub.php
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ class ActivityPub
             return false;
         }
 
-        $hash = random_string();
+        $hash = new_uuid();
 
         logger('queue: ' . $hash . ' ' . $dest_url, LOGGER_DEBUG);
         Queue::insert([
diff --git a/Code/Lib/Queue.php b/Code/Lib/Queue.php
index 37a8e2cea..281ae396d 100644
--- a/Code/Lib/Queue.php
+++ b/Code/Lib/Queue.php
@@ -182,12 +182,13 @@ class Queue
 
 
         $x = q(
-            "insert into outq ( outq_hash, outq_account, outq_channel, outq_driver, outq_posturl, outq_async, outq_priority,
+            "insert into outq ( outq_hash, outq_account, outq_channel, outq_mid, outq_driver, outq_posturl, outq_async, outq_priority,
             outq_created, outq_updated, outq_scheduled, outq_notify, outq_msg, outq_log )
-            values ( '%s', %d, %d, '%s', '%s', %d, %d, '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '' )",
+            values ( '%s', %d, %d, '%s', '%s', '%s', %d, %d, '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '' )",
             dbesc($arr['hash']),
             intval($arr['account_id']),
             intval($arr['channel_id']),
+            dbesc(($arr['mid'] ?? ''),
             dbesc((isset($arr['driver']) && $arr['driver']) ? $arr['driver'] : 'nomad'),
             dbesc($arr['posturl']),
             intval(1),
diff --git a/Code/Module/Webfinger.php b/Code/Module/Webfinger.php
index 62046dfc2..2a7b949d4 100644
--- a/Code/Module/Webfinger.php
+++ b/Code/Module/Webfinger.php
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ class Webfinger extends Controller
         }
 
         if ($channel_target || $site_query) {
-            $h = get_hubloc_addrs_by_hash($channel_target['channel_hash']);
+            $h = get_locations_by_hash($channel_target['channel_hash']);
 
             if (!isset($result['subject'])) {
                 $result['subject'] = $resource;
@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@ class Webfinger extends Controller
             if ($h) {
                 foreach ($h as $hh) {
                     $aliases[] = 'acct:' . $hh['hubloc_addr'];
+                    $aliases[] = $hh['hubloc_id_url'];
                 }
             }
 
diff --git a/Code/Update/_1272.php b/Code/Update/_1272.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0f0c8bf10
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Code/Update/_1272.php
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Code\Update;
+
+class _1272
+{
+    public function run()
+    {
+
+        q("START TRANSACTION");
+
+        if (ACTIVE_DBTYPE == DBTYPE_POSTGRES) {
+            $r1 = q("ALTER TABLE outq ADD outq_mid text NOT NULL DEFAULT '' ");
+            $r2 = q("create index \"outq_mid_idx\" on outq (\"outq_mid\")");
+
+            $r = ($r1 && $r2);
+        } else {
+            $r = q("ALTER TABLE `outq` ADD `outq_mid` varchar(255) NOT NULL DEFAULT '' , 
+				ADD INDEX `outq_mid` (`outq_mid`)");
+        }
+
+        if ($r) {
+            q("COMMIT");
+            return UPDATE_SUCCESS;
+        }
+
+        q("ROLLBACK");
+        return UPDATE_FAILED;
+    }
+
+    public function verify()
+    {
+
+        $columns = db_columns('outq');
+
+        if (in_array('outq_mid', $columns)) {
+            return true;
+        }
+
+        return false;
+    }
+
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/boot.php b/boot.php
index e0cf41777..42bbd19c7 100755
--- a/boot.php
+++ b/boot.php
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ use Code\Lib\Url;
  */
 
 const REPOSITORY_ID = 'streams';
-const DB_UPDATE_VERSION = 1271;
+const DB_UPDATE_VERSION = 1272;
 const PROJECT_BASE = __DIR__;
 const ACTIVITYPUB_ENABLED = true;
 const NOMAD_PROTOCOL_VERSION = '12.0';
diff --git a/include/hubloc.php b/include/hubloc.php
index 28ef2831e..e479f6071 100644
--- a/include/hubloc.php
+++ b/include/hubloc.php
@@ -324,10 +324,10 @@ function ping_site($url)
 }
 
 
-function get_hubloc_addrs_by_hash($hash)
+function get_locations_by_hash($hash)
 {
     return q(
-        "select hubloc_addr from hubloc where hubloc_hash = '%s' and hubloc_deleted = 0",
+        "select hubloc_addr, hubloc_id_url from hubloc where hubloc_hash = '%s' and hubloc_deleted = 0",
         dbesc($hash)
     );
 }
diff --git a/install/schema_mysql.sql b/install/schema_mysql.sql
index bcb7a1052..327656b21 100644
--- a/install/schema_mysql.sql
+++ b/install/schema_mysql.sql
@@ -822,6 +822,7 @@ CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `outq` (
   `outq_hash` varchar(255) NOT NULL,
   `outq_account` int unsigned NOT NULL DEFAULT 0 ,
   `outq_channel` int unsigned NOT NULL DEFAULT 0 ,
+  `outq_mid` varchar(255) NOT NULL DEFAULT '',
   `outq_driver` varchar(128) NOT NULL DEFAULT '',
   `outq_posturl` varchar(255) NOT NULL DEFAULT '',
   `outq_async` tinyint NOT NULL DEFAULT 0 ,
@@ -836,6 +837,7 @@ CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `outq` (
   PRIMARY KEY (`outq_hash`(191)),
   KEY `outq_account` (`outq_account`),
   KEY `outq_channel` (`outq_channel`),
+  KEY `outq_mid` (`outq_mid`),
   KEY `outq_hub` (`outq_posturl`(191)),
   KEY `outq_created` (`outq_created`),
   KEY `outq_updated` (`outq_updated`),
diff --git a/install/schema_postgres.sql b/install/schema_postgres.sql
index ad1a3567b..d3994de59 100644
--- a/install/schema_postgres.sql
+++ b/install/schema_postgres.sql
@@ -842,6 +842,7 @@ CREATE TABLE "outq" (
   "outq_hash" text NOT NULL,
   "outq_account" bigint  NOT NULL DEFAULT '0',
   "outq_channel" bigint  NOT NULL DEFAULT '0',
+  "outq_mid" text NOT NULL DEFAULT '',
   "outq_driver" varchar(32) NOT NULL DEFAULT '',
   "outq_posturl" text NOT NULL DEFAULT '',
   "outq_async" numeric(1) NOT NULL DEFAULT '0',
@@ -857,6 +858,7 @@ CREATE TABLE "outq" (
 );
 create index "outq_account" on outq ("outq_account");
 create index "outq_channel" on outq ("outq_channel");
+create index "outq_mid" on outq ("outq_mid");
 create index "outq_hub" on outq ("outq_posturl");
 create index "outq_created" on outq ("outq_created");
 create index "outq_updated" on outq ("outq_updated");