diff --git a/packages/backend/src/misc/fetch.ts b/packages/backend/src/misc/fetch.ts
index 0e673ba3a..ff9cf6e0c 100644
--- a/packages/backend/src/misc/fetch.ts
+++ b/packages/backend/src/misc/fetch.ts
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ export async function getResponse(args: {
 	headers: Record<string, string>;
 	timeout?: number;
 	size?: number;
+	redirect?: RequestRedirect;
 }) {
 	const timeout = args.timeout || 10 * 1000;
 
@@ -73,8 +74,13 @@ export async function getResponse(args: {
 		size: args.size || 10 * 1024 * 1024,
 		agent: getAgentByUrl,
 		signal: controller.signal,
+		redirect: args.redirect
 	});
 
+	if (args.redirect === "manual" && [301,302,307,308].includes(res.status)) {
+		return res;
+	}
+
 	if (!res.ok) {
 		throw new StatusError(
 			`${res.status} ${res.statusText}`,
diff --git a/packages/backend/src/remote/activitypub/request.ts b/packages/backend/src/remote/activitypub/request.ts
index 69c97a445..ef35fd45d 100644
--- a/packages/backend/src/remote/activitypub/request.ts
+++ b/packages/backend/src/remote/activitypub/request.ts
@@ -34,8 +34,9 @@ export default async (user: { id: User["id"] }, url: string, object: any) => {
  * Get AP object with http-signature
  * @param user http-signature user
  * @param url URL to fetch
+ * @param redirects whether or not to accept redirects
  */
-export async function signedGet(url: string, user: { id: User["id"] }) {
+export async function signedGet(url: string, user: { id: User["id"] }, redirects: boolean = true) {
 	apLogger.debug(`Running signedGet on url: ${url}`);
 	const keypair = await getUserKeypair(user.id);
 
@@ -54,7 +55,15 @@ export async function signedGet(url: string, user: { id: User["id"] }) {
 		url,
 		method: req.request.method,
 		headers: req.request.headers,
+		redirect: redirects ? "manual" : "error"
 	});
 
+	if (redirects && [301,302,307,308].includes(res.status)) {
+		const newUrl = res.headers.get('location');
+		if (!newUrl) throw new Error('signedGet got redirect but no target location');
+		apLogger.debug(`signedGet is redirecting to ${newUrl}`);
+		return signedGet(newUrl, user, false);
+	}
+
 	return await res.json();
 }