2 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/juick/SignatureManager.java b/src/main/java/com/juick/SignatureManager.java
index fed6c368..35d6215f 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/juick/SignatureManager.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/juick/SignatureManager.java
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ public class SignatureManager {
         requestHeaders.add("Host", host);
         requestHeaders.add("Digest", digestHeader);
         requestHeaders.add("Signature", signatureString);
-        HttpEntity<Context> request = new HttpEntity<>(finalContext, requestHeaders);
+        HttpEntity<String> request = new HttpEntity<>(payload, requestHeaders);
         logger.info("Sending context to {}: {}", to.getId(), payload);
         ResponseEntity<Void> response = apClient.postForEntity(inbox, request, Void.class);
         logger.info("Remote response: {}", response.getStatusCodeValue());
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/juick/config/ActivityPubConfig.java b/src/main/java/com/juick/config/ActivityPubConfig.java
index e22946fb..661f6276 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/juick/config/ActivityPubConfig.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/juick/config/ActivityPubConfig.java
@@ -29,11 +29,13 @@ import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
 import org.springframework.http.HttpMethod;
 import org.springframework.http.client.HttpComponentsClientHttpRequestFactory;
+import org.springframework.http.converter.StringHttpMessageConverter;
 import org.springframework.http.converter.json.MappingJackson2HttpMessageConverter;
 import org.springframework.web.client.RestTemplate;
 
 import javax.inject.Inject;
 import java.net.URI;
+import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
 import java.util.Collections;
 
 @Configuration
@@ -69,6 +71,7 @@ public class ActivityPubConfig {
             }
         });
         restTemplate.getMessageConverters().add(0, mappingJacksonHttpMessageConverter());
+        restTemplate.getMessageConverters().add(0, new StringHttpMessageConverter(StandardCharsets.UTF_8));
         restTemplate.setErrorHandler(activityPubClientErrorHandler);
         restTemplate.setInterceptors(Collections.singletonList(
                 new HeaderRequestInterceptor("Accept", Activity.ACTIVITY_MEDIA_TYPE)));