diff --git a/src/activity_sending.rs b/src/activity_sending.rs
index 911d827..24a25f4 100644
--- a/src/activity_sending.rs
+++ b/src/activity_sending.rs
@@ -16,16 +16,12 @@ use futures::StreamExt;
 use httpdate::fmt_http_date;
 use itertools::Itertools;
 use openssl::pkey::{PKey, Private};
-use reqwest::{
-    header::{HeaderMap, HeaderName, HeaderValue},
-    Request,
-};
-use reqwest_middleware::ClientWithMiddleware;
+use reqwest::header::{HeaderMap, HeaderName, HeaderValue};
 use serde::Serialize;
 use std::{
     self,
     fmt::{Debug, Display},
-    time::{Duration, SystemTime},
+    time::SystemTime,
 };
 use tracing::debug;
 use url::Url;
@@ -33,12 +29,12 @@ use url::Url;
 #[derive(Clone, Debug)]
 /// all info needed to send one activity to one inbox
 pub struct SendActivityTask<'a> {
-    actor_id: &'a Url,
+    pub(crate) actor_id: &'a Url,
     activity_id: &'a Url,
-    activity: Bytes,
-    inbox: Url,
-    private_key: PKey<Private>,
-    http_signature_compat: bool,
+    pub(crate) activity: Bytes,
+    pub(crate) inbox: Url,
+    pub(crate) private_key: PKey<Private>,
+    pub(crate) http_signature_compat: bool,
 }
 impl Display for SendActivityTask<'_> {
     fn fmt(&self, f: &mut std::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
@@ -95,35 +91,27 @@ impl SendActivityTask<'_> {
     }
 
     /// convert a sendactivitydata to a request, signing and sending it
-    pub async fn sign_and_send<Datatype: Clone>(&self, data: &Data<Datatype>) -> Result<(), Error> {
-        let req = self
-            .sign(&data.config.client, data.config.request_timeout)
-            .await?;
-        self.send(&data.config.client, req).await
-    }
-    async fn sign(
-        &self,
-        client: &ClientWithMiddleware,
-        timeout: Duration,
-    ) -> Result<Request, Error> {
-        let task = self;
-        let request_builder = client
-            .post(task.inbox.to_string())
-            .timeout(timeout)
-            .headers(generate_request_headers(&task.inbox));
+    pub async fn sign_and_send<Datatype: Clone>(self, data: &Data<Datatype>) -> Result<(), Error> {
+        let request_builder = data
+            .config
+            .client
+            .post(self.inbox.to_string())
+            .timeout(data.config.request_timeout)
+            .headers(generate_request_headers(&self.inbox));
         let request = sign_request(
             request_builder,
-            task.actor_id,
-            task.activity.clone(),
-            task.private_key.clone(),
-            task.http_signature_compat,
+            self.actor_id,
+            self.activity.clone(),
+            self.private_key.clone(),
+            self.http_signature_compat,
         )
         .await?;
-        Ok(request)
-    }
-
-    async fn send(&self, client: &ClientWithMiddleware, request: Request) -> Result<(), Error> {
-        let response = client.execute(request).await?;
+        let response = data
+            .config
+            .client
+            .execute(request)
+            .await
+            .map_err(|e| Error::FetchError(self.inbox.clone(), e))?;
 
         match response {
             o if o.status().is_success() => {
diff --git a/src/error.rs b/src/error.rs
index 2d179d1..1b326d9 100644
--- a/src/error.rs
+++ b/src/error.rs
@@ -39,11 +39,17 @@ pub enum Error {
     #[error(transparent)]
     Json(#[from] serde_json::Error),
     /// Reqwest Middleware Error
-    #[error(transparent)]
-    ReqwestMiddleware(#[from] reqwest_middleware::Error),
+    //#[error(transparent)]
+    //ReqwestMiddleware(#[from] reqwest_middleware::Error),
     /// Reqwest Error
+    //#[error(transparent)]
+    //Reqwest(#[from] reqwest::Error),
+    #[error("Failed to fetch object from {0}: {1}")]
+    FetchError(Url, reqwest_middleware::Error),
+    #[error("Failed to send activity to {0}: {1}")]
+    SendActivityError(Url, reqwest::Error),
     #[error(transparent)]
-    Reqwest(#[from] reqwest::Error),
+    ReqwestPollStreamError(reqwest::Error),
     /// UTF-8 error
     #[error(transparent)]
     Utf8(#[from] FromUtf8Error),
diff --git a/src/fetch/mod.rs b/src/fetch/mod.rs
index 4a0d502..54b008b 100644
--- a/src/fetch/mod.rs
+++ b/src/fetch/mod.rs
@@ -83,10 +83,11 @@ async fn fetch_object_http_with_accept<T: Clone, Kind: DeserializeOwned>(
             data.config.http_signature_compat,
         )
         .await?;
-        config.client.execute(req).await?
+        config.client.execute(req).await
     } else {
-        req.send().await?
-    };
+        req.send().await
+    }
+    .map_err(|e| Error::FetchError(url.clone(), e))?;
 
     if res.status() == StatusCode::GONE {
         return Err(Error::ObjectDeleted(url.clone()));
diff --git a/src/http_signatures.rs b/src/http_signatures.rs
index 59d1d48..4064a17 100644
--- a/src/http_signatures.rs
+++ b/src/http_signatures.rs
@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@ pub(crate) async fn sign_request(
         true => CONFIG_COMPAT.clone(),
     };
     request_builder
+        // TODO: this should simply return SignError and wrap reqwest::Error
         .signature_with_digest(
             sig_conf.clone(),
             key_id,
diff --git a/src/reqwest_shim.rs b/src/reqwest_shim.rs
index 9db846e..980b0b9 100644
--- a/src/reqwest_shim.rs
+++ b/src/reqwest_shim.rs
@@ -30,7 +30,10 @@ impl Future for BytesFuture {
     fn poll(mut self: Pin<&mut Self>, cx: &mut Context<'_>) -> Poll<Self::Output> {
         loop {
             let this = self.as_mut().project();
-            if let Some(chunk) = ready!(this.stream.poll_next(cx)).transpose()? {
+            if let Some(chunk) = ready!(this.stream.poll_next(cx))
+                .transpose()
+                .map_err(Error::ReqwestPollStreamError)?
+            {
                 this.aggregator.put(chunk);
                 if this.aggregator.len() > *this.limit {
                     return Poll::Ready(Err(Error::ResponseBodyLimit));