diff --git a/models/activitypub/actor.go b/models/activitypub/actor.go
index b6ba240e20..94acacdfdd 100644
--- a/models/activitypub/actor.go
+++ b/models/activitypub/actor.go
@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 )
 
+type Validatable interface {
+	Validate() error
+}
+
 type ActorID struct {
 	schema string
 	userId string
@@ -15,7 +19,7 @@ type ActorID struct {
 }
 
 // TODO: Align validation-api to example from dda-devops-build
-func (a ActorID) ValidateActorID() error {
+func (a ActorID) Validate() error {
 
 	if a.schema == "" || a.host == "" {
 		return fmt.Errorf("the actor ID was not valid: Invalid Schema or Host")
diff --git a/routers/api/v1/activitypub/repository.go b/routers/api/v1/activitypub/repository.go
index b6fb98d1ae..b70a95c0b7 100644
--- a/routers/api/v1/activitypub/repository.go
+++ b/routers/api/v1/activitypub/repository.go
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ func RepositoryInbox(ctx *context.APIContext) {
 	}
 
 	// Is the ActorData Struct valid?
-	err = actor.ValidateActorID()
+	err = actor.Validate()
 
 	if err != nil {
 		panic(err)