diff --git a/plume-common/src/activity_pub/mod.rs b/plume-common/src/activity_pub/mod.rs
index 615ed322..6f81528c 100644
--- a/plume-common/src/activity_pub/mod.rs
+++ b/plume-common/src/activity_pub/mod.rs
@@ -120,10 +120,9 @@ impl<'a, 'r> FromRequestAsync<'a, 'r> for ApRequest {
         })
     }
 }
-pub fn broadcast<S, A, T, C>(sender: &'static S, act: A, to: Vec<T>)
+pub fn broadcast<S, A, T, C>(sender: &S, act: A, to: Vec<T>)
 where
     S: sign::Signer,
-    S: std::marker::Sync,
     A: Activity,
     T: inbox::AsActor<C>,
 {
@@ -151,6 +150,8 @@ where
         let body = signed.to_string();
         let mut headers = request::headers();
         headers.insert("Digest", request::Digest::digest(&body));
+        let sig = request::signature(sender, &headers)
+                        .expect("activity_pub::broadcast: request signature error");
         rt.spawn(async move {
             let client = ClientBuilder::new()
                 .connect_timeout(std::time::Duration::from_secs(5))
@@ -159,11 +160,7 @@ where
             client
                 .post(&inbox)
                 .headers(headers.clone())
-                .header(
-                    "Signature",
-                    request::signature(sender, &headers)
-                        .expect("activity_pub::broadcast: request signature error"),
-                )
+                .header("Signature", sig)
                 .body(body)
                 .send()
                 .await
diff --git a/plume-models/src/follows.rs b/plume-models/src/follows.rs
index 4dd0c58e..d371e04e 100644
--- a/plume-models/src/follows.rs
+++ b/plume-models/src/follows.rs
@@ -81,10 +81,10 @@ impl Follow {
 
     /// from -> The one sending the follow request
     /// target -> The target of the request, responding with Accept
-    pub fn accept_follow<A: Signer + IntoId + Clone + Sync, B: Clone + AsActor<T> + IntoId, T>(
+    pub fn accept_follow<A: Signer + IntoId + Clone, B: Clone + AsActor<T> + IntoId, T>(
         conn: &Connection,
         from: &B,
-        target: &'static A,
+        target: &A,
         follow: FollowAct,
         from_id: i32,
         target_id: i32,
diff --git a/src/inbox.rs b/src/inbox.rs
index f5d84a27..652da310 100644
--- a/src/inbox.rs
+++ b/src/inbox.rs
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ use rocket::{data::*, http::Status, response::status, Outcome::*, Request};
 use rocket_contrib::json::*;
 use serde::Deserialize;
 use std::io::Read;
+use tokio::io::AsyncReadExt;
 
 pub fn handle_incoming(
     rockets: PlumeRocket,
@@ -73,10 +74,7 @@ impl<'a, T: Deserialize<'a>> FromData<'a> for SignedJson<T> {
     type Owned = String;
     type Borrowed = str;
 
-    fn transform<'r>(
-        r: &'r Request,
-        d: Data
-    ) -> TransformFuture<'r, Self::Owned, Self::Error> {
+    fn transform<'r>(r: &'r Request, d: Data) -> TransformFuture<'r, Self::Owned, Self::Error> {
         Box::pin(async move {
             let size_limit = r.limits().get("json").unwrap_or(JSON_LIMIT);
             let mut s = String::with_capacity(512);
@@ -96,7 +94,9 @@ impl<'a, T: Deserialize<'a>> FromData<'a> for SignedJson<T> {
             let string = try_outcome!(o.borrowed());
             match serde_json::from_str(&string) {
                 Ok(v) => Success(SignedJson(Digest::from_body(&string), Json(v))),
-                Err(e) if e.is_data() => return Failure((Status::UnprocessableEntity, JsonError::Parse(string, e))),
+                Err(e) if e.is_data() => {
+                    return Failure((Status::UnprocessableEntity, JsonError::Parse(string, e)))
+                }
                 Err(e) => Failure((Status::BadRequest, JsonError::Parse(string, e))),
             }
         })