diff --git a/Zotlabs/Lib/Activity.php b/Zotlabs/Lib/Activity.php
index c99984bdd..d6f4e1aae 100644
--- a/Zotlabs/Lib/Activity.php
+++ b/Zotlabs/Lib/Activity.php
@@ -76,7 +76,10 @@ class Activity {
 							$token = substr($p,2);
 						}
 					}
+					// re-parse the URL because it changed and we need the host in the next section
+					$m = parse_url($url);
 				}
+
 			}
 
 			$headers = [
@@ -2970,6 +2973,18 @@ class Activity {
 		
 	}
 
+	static function bear_from_request() {
+
+		foreach ( [ 'REDIRECT_REMOTE_USER', 'HTTP_AUTHORIZATION' ] as $s ) {		
+			$auth = ((array_key_exists($s,$_SERVER) && strpos($_SERVER[$s],'Bearer ') === 0)
+				? str_replace('Bearer ', EMPTY_STR, $_SERVER[$s])
+				: EMPTY_STR
+			);
+			break;
+		}
+
+		return (($auth) ? 'bear:?u=' . z_root() . $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'] . '&t=' . $auth : EMPTY_STR);
+	}
 
 
 }
diff --git a/Zotlabs/Module/Activity.php b/Zotlabs/Module/Activity.php
index 08776e7e2..ece8b84ef 100644
--- a/Zotlabs/Module/Activity.php
+++ b/Zotlabs/Module/Activity.php
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ use Zotlabs\Lib\Activity as ZlibActivity;
 class Activity extends Controller {
 
 	function init() {
-
+	
 		if (ActivityStreams::is_as_request()) {
 			$item_id = argv(1);
 
@@ -17,6 +17,11 @@ class Activity extends Controller {
 				return;
 			}
 
+			$bear = ZlibActivity::bear_from_request();
+			if ($bear) {
+				logger('bear: ' . $bear, LOGGER_DEBUG);
+			}
+
 			$item_normal = " and item.item_hidden = 0 and item.item_type = 0 and item.item_unpublished = 0 
 				and item.item_delayed = 0 and item.item_blocked = 0 ";