diff --git a/modules/fediverse/__init__.py b/modules/fediverse/__init__.py
index d3a634fa..bbf29110 100644
--- a/modules/fediverse/__init__.py
+++ b/modules/fediverse/__init__.py
@@ -53,8 +53,11 @@ class Module(ModuleManager.BaseModule):
     @utils.kwarg("usage", "@<user>@<instance>")
     def fedi(self, event):
         account = None
+        url = None
         if not event["args"]:
             account = event["user"].get_setting("fediverse", None)
+        elif utils.http.REGEX_URL.match(event["args_split"][0]):
+            url = event["args_split"][0]
         elif not "@" in event["args"]:
             target = event["args_split"][0]
             if event["server"].has_user_id(target):
@@ -63,14 +66,40 @@ class Module(ModuleManager.BaseModule):
         else:
             account = event["args_split"][0]
 
-        username = None
-        instance = None
-        if account:
-            username, instance = ap_utils.split_username(account)
+        note = None
+        type = "Create"
+        if not url == None:
+            note_page = ap_utils.activity_request(url)
+            if not note_page.content_type == ap_utils.ACTIVITY_TYPE:
+                raise utils.EventError("That's not a fediverse URL")
 
-        if not username or not instance:
-            raise utils.EventError("Please provide @<user>@<instance>")
+            note = note_page.data
+            actor = ap_actor.Actor(note["attributedTo"])
+            actor.load()
+        else:
+            username = None
+            instance = None
+            if account:
+                username, instance = ap_utils.split_username(account)
 
+            if not username or not instance:
+                raise utils.EventError("Please provide @<user>@<instance>")
+            actor, note = self._get_from_outbox(username, instance)
+            type = note["type"]
+            note = note["object"]
+
+        cw, out, url = ap_utils.format_note(actor, note, type)
+        shorturl = self.exports.get_one("shorturl")(event["server"], url,
+            context=event["target"])
+
+        if cw:
+            out = "CW: %s - %s" % (cw, shorturl)
+        else:
+            out = "%s - %s" % (out, shorturl)
+        event["stdout"].write(out)
+
+
+    def _get_from_outbox(self, username, instance):
         actor_url = ap_utils.find_actor(username, instance)
 
         if not actor_url:
@@ -89,12 +118,4 @@ class Module(ModuleManager.BaseModule):
         if not first_item:
             raise utils.EventError("No toots found")
 
-        cw, out, url = ap_utils.format_note(actor, first_item)
-        shorturl = self.exports.get_one("shorturl")(event["server"], url,
-            context=event["target"])
-
-        if cw:
-            out = "CW: %s - %s" % (cw, shorturl)
-        else:
-            out = "%s - %s" % (out, shorturl)
-        event["stdout"].write(out)
+        return actor, first_item
diff --git a/modules/fediverse/ap_utils.py b/modules/fediverse/ap_utils.py
index cd229f15..dabf4f01 100644
--- a/modules/fediverse/ap_utils.py
+++ b/modules/fediverse/ap_utils.py
@@ -56,9 +56,9 @@ def find_actor(username, instance):
         if link["type"] == ACTIVITY_TYPE:
             return link["href"]
 
-def format_note(actor, note):
-    if note["type"] == "Announce":
-        retoot_url = note["object"]
+def format_note(actor, note, type="Create"):
+    if type == "Announce":
+        retoot_url = note
         retoot_instance = urllib.parse.urlparse(retoot_url).hostname
         retoot = activity_request(retoot_url)
 
@@ -70,11 +70,11 @@ def format_note(actor, note):
         return (retoot.data.get("summary", None),  "%s (boost %s): %s - %s" % (
             actor.username, retooted_user, retoot_content), retoot_url)
 
-    elif note["type"] == "Create":
-        content = utils.http.strip_html(note["object"]["content"])
-        url = note["object"]["id"]
+    elif type == "Create":
+        content = utils.http.strip_html(note["content"])
+        url = note["id"]
 
-        return (note["object"].get("summary", None),
+        return (note.get("summary", None),
             "%s: %s" % (actor.username, content), url)
 
     return None, None, None