diff --git a/Zotlabs/Lib/Activity.php b/Zotlabs/Lib/Activity.php
index 367f939ea..5d2df509b 100644
--- a/Zotlabs/Lib/Activity.php
+++ b/Zotlabs/Lib/Activity.php
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ class Activity {
 
 
 
-	static function fetch($url,$channel = null,$hub = null) {
+	static function fetch($url,$channel = null,$hub = null,$debug = false) {
 		$redirects = 0;
 		if (! check_siteallowed($url)) {
 			logger('denied: ' . $url);
@@ -165,6 +165,9 @@ class Activity {
 		}
 		else {
 			logger('fetch failed: ' . $url);
+			if ($debug) {
+				return $x;
+			}
 		}
 		return null;
 	}
diff --git a/Zotlabs/Module/Ap_probe.php b/Zotlabs/Module/Ap_probe.php
index ce5aa8177..d5599df27 100644
--- a/Zotlabs/Module/Ap_probe.php
+++ b/Zotlabs/Module/Ap_probe.php
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ class Ap_probe extends Controller {
 				}
 			}
 
-			$x = Activity::fetch($resource,$channel);
+			$x = Activity::fetch($resource,$channel,null,true);
 
 			if ($x) {
 				$o .= '<pre>' . str_replace('\\n',"\n",htmlspecialchars(json_encode($x,JSON_UNESCAPED_SLASHES|JSON_PRETTY_PRINT))) . '</pre>';