diff --git a/server/src/apub/fetcher.rs b/server/src/apub/fetcher.rs
index ed98434b4..71453a2a4 100644
--- a/server/src/apub/fetcher.rs
+++ b/server/src/apub/fetcher.rs
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ where
   // TODO: this function should return a future
   let timeout = Duration::from_secs(60);
   let text = Request::get(url.as_str())
-    .header("Content-Type", APUB_JSON_CONTENT_TYPE)
+    .header("Accept", APUB_JSON_CONTENT_TYPE)
     .connect_timeout(timeout)
     .timeout(timeout)
     .body(())?