diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index ab1b60d..aaf210f 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ version = 3
 
 [[package]]
 name = "activitypub_federation"
-version = "0.2.3"
+version = "0.3.0"
 dependencies = [
  "activitystreams-kinds",
  "actix-rt",
diff --git a/examples/federation/instance.rs b/examples/federation/instance.rs
index 3a40e1a..b1c69f7 100644
--- a/examples/federation/instance.rs
+++ b/examples/federation/instance.rs
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ async fn http_post_user_inbox(
     let data: InstanceHandle = data.into_inner().deref().clone();
     receive_activity::<WithContext<PersonAcceptedActivities>, MyUser, InstanceHandle>(
         request,
-        payload,
+        payload.into_inner(),
         &data.clone().local_instance,
         &Data::new(data),
     )
diff --git a/src/core/inbox.rs b/src/core/inbox.rs
index ab6d7fb..dbf3509 100644
--- a/src/core/inbox.rs
+++ b/src/core/inbox.rs
@@ -6,12 +6,7 @@ use crate::{
     Error,
     LocalInstance,
 };
-use actix_web::{
-    web::{Bytes, Payload},
-    FromRequest,
-    HttpRequest,
-    HttpResponse,
-};
+use actix_web::{dev::Payload, web::Bytes, FromRequest, HttpRequest, HttpResponse};
 use anyhow::anyhow;
 use http_signature_normalization_actix::prelude::DigestVerified;
 use serde::de::DeserializeOwned;
@@ -20,7 +15,7 @@ use tracing::{log::debug, warn};
 /// Receive an activity and perform some basic checks, including HTTP signature verification.
 pub async fn receive_activity<Activity, ActorT, Datatype>(
     request: HttpRequest,
-    payload: Payload,
+    mut payload: Payload,
     local_instance: &LocalInstance,
     data: &Data<Datatype>,
 ) -> Result<HttpResponse, <Activity as ActivityHandler>::Error>
@@ -35,7 +30,6 @@ where
         + From<http_signature_normalization_actix::digest::middleware::VerifyError>,
     <ActorT as ApubObject>::Error: From<Error> + From<anyhow::Error>,
 {
-    let mut payload = payload.into_inner();
     // ensure that payload hash was checked against digest header by middleware
     DigestVerified::from_request(&request, &mut payload).await?;