diff --git a/src/activitypub/activity.rs b/src/activitypub/activity.rs
index cb0f81e..6d88d22 100644
--- a/src/activitypub/activity.rs
+++ b/src/activitypub/activity.rs
@@ -126,14 +126,13 @@ pub fn create_note(
         Some(in_reply_to_id) => {
             let post = in_reply_to.unwrap();
             assert_eq!(post.id, in_reply_to_id);
-            match post.author.actor_json {
-                Some(ref actor_value) => {
-                    // Replying to remote post
-                    let remote_actor_id = actor_value["id"].as_str().unwrap();
-                    recipients.push(remote_actor_id.to_string());
-                    post.object_id.clone()
-                },
-                None => Some(get_object_url(instance_url, &post.id)),
+            if post.author.is_local() {
+                Some(get_object_url(instance_url, &post.id))
+            } else {
+                // Replying to remote post
+                let remote_actor_id = post.author.actor_id(instance_url).unwrap();
+                recipients.push(remote_actor_id);
+                post.object_id.clone()
             }
         },
         None => None,
diff --git a/src/models/profiles/types.rs b/src/models/profiles/types.rs
index a6a0359..b328b51 100644
--- a/src/models/profiles/types.rs
+++ b/src/models/profiles/types.rs
@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@ use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 use serde_json::Value;
 use uuid::Uuid;
 
-use crate::errors::ValidationError;
+use crate::activitypub::views::get_actor_url;
+use crate::errors::{ConversionError, ValidationError};
 use crate::utils::html::clean_html;
 
 #[derive(Clone, Debug, Deserialize, Serialize)]
@@ -72,6 +73,18 @@ impl DbActorProfile {
     pub fn is_local(&self) -> bool {
         self.actor_json.is_none()
     }
+
+    pub fn actor_id(&self, instance_url: &str) -> Result<String, ConversionError> {
+        let actor_id = match self.actor_json {
+            Some(ref actor_value) => {
+                actor_value["id"].as_str()
+                    .ok_or(ConversionError)?
+                    .to_string()
+            },
+            None => get_actor_url(instance_url, &self.username),
+        };
+        Ok(actor_id)
+    }
 }
 
 #[cfg(test)]