diff --git a/src/jobs/instance.rs b/src/jobs/instance.rs
index b483417..25a5491 100644
--- a/src/jobs/instance.rs
+++ b/src/jobs/instance.rs
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ impl QueryInstance {
 
         let instance = state
             .requests
-            .fetch::<Instance>(instance_uri.as_str())
+            .fetch_json::<Instance>(instance_uri.as_str())
             .await?;
 
         let description = if instance.description.is_empty() {
diff --git a/src/jobs/nodeinfo.rs b/src/jobs/nodeinfo.rs
index b5a5a30..661a793 100644
--- a/src/jobs/nodeinfo.rs
+++ b/src/jobs/nodeinfo.rs
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ impl QueryNodeinfo {
 
         let well_known = state
             .requests
-            .fetch::<WellKnown>(well_known_uri.as_str())
+            .fetch_json::<WellKnown>(well_known_uri.as_str())
             .await?;
 
         let href = if let Some(link) = well_known.links.into_iter().find(|l| l.rel.is_supported()) {
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ impl QueryNodeinfo {
             return Ok(());
         };
 
-        let nodeinfo = state.requests.fetch::<Nodeinfo>(&href).await?;
+        let nodeinfo = state.requests.fetch_json::<Nodeinfo>(&href).await?;
 
         state
             .node_cache
diff --git a/src/requests.rs b/src/requests.rs
index b87ecdd..24eabd3 100644
--- a/src/requests.rs
+++ b/src/requests.rs
@@ -56,7 +56,21 @@ impl Requests {
         self.consecutive_errors.swap(0, Ordering::Relaxed);
     }
 
+    pub async fn fetch_json<T>(&self, url: &str) -> Result<T, MyError>
+    where
+        T: serde::de::DeserializeOwned,
+    {
+        self.do_fetch(url, "application/json").await
+    }
+
     pub async fn fetch<T>(&self, url: &str) -> Result<T, MyError>
+    where
+        T: serde::de::DeserializeOwned,
+    {
+        self.do_fetch(url, "application/activity+json").await
+    }
+
+    async fn do_fetch<T>(&self, url: &str, accept: &str) -> Result<T, MyError>
     where
         T: serde::de::DeserializeOwned,
     {
@@ -65,7 +79,7 @@ impl Requests {
         let client: Client = self.client.borrow().clone();
         let res = client
             .get(url)
-            .header("Accept", "application/activity+json")
+            .header("Accept", accept)
             .set(Date(SystemTime::now().into()))
             .signature(
                 self.config.clone(),