diff --git a/crates/api_common/src/send_activity.rs b/crates/api_common/src/send_activity.rs
index 6d9c722a1..ceaed4826 100644
--- a/crates/api_common/src/send_activity.rs
+++ b/crates/api_common/src/send_activity.rs
@@ -98,9 +98,9 @@ impl ActivityChannel {
     Ok(())
   }
 
-  pub async fn close(outgoing_activities_task: JoinHandle<LemmyResult<()>>) -> LemmyResult<()> {
+  pub async fn close(outgoing_activities_task: JoinHandle<()>) -> LemmyResult<()> {
     ACTIVITY_CHANNEL.keepalive_sender.lock().await.take();
-    outgoing_activities_task.await??;
+    outgoing_activities_task.await?;
     Ok(())
   }
 }
diff --git a/crates/apub/src/activities/mod.rs b/crates/apub/src/activities/mod.rs
index ee3eb16ff..83d029d4e 100644
--- a/crates/apub/src/activities/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/apub/src/activities/mod.rs
@@ -225,11 +225,12 @@ where
   Ok(())
 }
 
-pub async fn handle_outgoing_activities(context: Data<LemmyContext>) -> LemmyResult<()> {
+pub async fn handle_outgoing_activities(context: Data<LemmyContext>) {
   while let Some(data) = ActivityChannel::retrieve_activity().await {
-    match_outgoing_activities(data, &context.reset_request_count()).await?
+    if let Err(e) = match_outgoing_activities(data, &context.reset_request_count()).await {
+      tracing::warn!("error while saving outgoing activity to db: {e}");
+    }
   }
-  Ok(())
 }
 
 pub async fn match_outgoing_activities(
diff --git a/crates/federate/src/worker.rs b/crates/federate/src/worker.rs
index a383d61b2..963814ad9 100644
--- a/crates/federate/src/worker.rs
+++ b/crates/federate/src/worker.rs
@@ -171,6 +171,7 @@ impl InstanceWorker {
         .await
         .context("failed reading activity from db")?
       else {
+        tracing::debug!("{}: {:?} does not exist", self.instance.domain, id);
         self.state.last_successful_id = Some(id);
         continue;
       };