diff --git a/packages/backend/src/remote/activitypub/ap-request.ts b/packages/backend/src/remote/activitypub/ap-request.ts
index d5a9ec053..89266a356 100644
--- a/packages/backend/src/remote/activitypub/ap-request.ts
+++ b/packages/backend/src/remote/activitypub/ap-request.ts
@@ -65,7 +65,8 @@ export function createSignedGet(args: {
 		method: "GET",
 		headers: objectAssignWithLcKey(
 			{
-				Accept: "application/activity+json, application/ld+json",
+				Accept:
+					'application/activity+json, application/ld+json; profile="https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams"',
 				Date: new Date().toUTCString(),
 				Host: new URL(args.url).hostname,
 			},
diff --git a/packages/backend/src/remote/activitypub/request.ts b/packages/backend/src/remote/activitypub/request.ts
index 69c97a445..9fc2a8115 100644
--- a/packages/backend/src/remote/activitypub/request.ts
+++ b/packages/backend/src/remote/activitypub/request.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 import config from "@/config/index.js";
 import { getUserKeypair } from "@/misc/keypair-store.js";
-import type { User } from "@/models/entities/user.js";
-import { getResponse } from "../../misc/fetch.js";
+import type { User, ILocalUser } from "@/models/entities/user.js";
+import { getResponse } from "@/misc/fetch.js";
 import { createSignedPost, createSignedGet } from "./ap-request.js";
-import { apLogger } from "@/remote/activitypub/logger.js";
+import type { Response } from "node-fetch";
+import type { IObject } from "./type.js";
 
 export default async (user: { id: User["id"] }, url: string, object: any) => {
 	const body = JSON.stringify(object);
@@ -31,30 +32,64 @@ export default async (user: { id: User["id"] }, url: string, object: any) => {
 };
 
 /**
- * Get AP object with http-signature
+ * Get ActivityPub object
  * @param user http-signature user
  * @param url URL to fetch
  */
-export async function signedGet(url: string, user: { id: User["id"] }) {
-	apLogger.debug(`Running signedGet on url: ${url}`);
-	const keypair = await getUserKeypair(user.id);
+export async function apGet(url: string, user?: ILocalUser): Promise<IObject> {
+	let res: Response;
 
-	const req = createSignedGet({
-		key: {
-			privateKeyPem: keypair.privateKey,
-			keyId: `${config.url}/users/${user.id}#main-key`,
-		},
-		url,
-		additionalHeaders: {
-			"User-Agent": config.userAgent,
-		},
-	});
+	if (user != null) {
+		const keypair = await getUserKeypair(user.id);
+		const req = createSignedGet({
+			key: {
+				privateKeyPem: keypair.privateKey,
+				keyId: `${config.url}/users/${user.id}#main-key`,
+			},
+			url,
+			additionalHeaders: {
+				"User-Agent": config.userAgent,
+			},
+		});
 
-	const res = await getResponse({
-		url,
-		method: req.request.method,
-		headers: req.request.headers,
-	});
+		res = await getResponse({
+			url,
+			method: req.request.method,
+			headers: req.request.headers,
+		});
+	} else {
+		res = await getResponse({
+			url,
+			method: "GET",
+			headers: {
+				Accept:
+					'application/activity+json, application/ld+json; profile="https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams"',
+				"User-Agent": config.userAgent,
+			},
+		});
+	}
 
-	return await res.json();
+	const contentType = res.headers.get("content-type");
+	if (contentType == null || !validateContentType(contentType)) {
+		throw new Error("Invalid Content Type");
+	}
+
+	if (res.body == null) throw new Error("body is null");
+
+	const text = await res.text();
+	if (text.length > 65536) throw new Error("too big result");
+
+	return JSON.parse(text) as IObject;
+}
+
+function validateContentType(contentType: string): boolean {
+	const parts = contentType.split(/\s*;\s*/);
+	if (parts[0] === "application/activity+json") return true;
+	if (parts[0] !== "application/ld+json") return false;
+	return parts
+		.slice(1)
+		.some(
+			(part) =>
+				part.trim() === 'profile="https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams"',
+		);
 }
diff --git a/packages/backend/src/remote/activitypub/resolver.ts b/packages/backend/src/remote/activitypub/resolver.ts
index 4e85bb805..691d3b049 100644
--- a/packages/backend/src/remote/activitypub/resolver.ts
+++ b/packages/backend/src/remote/activitypub/resolver.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
 import config from "@/config/index.js";
-import { getJson } from "@/misc/fetch.js";
 import type { ILocalUser } from "@/models/entities/user.js";
 import { getInstanceActor } from "@/services/instance-actor.js";
 import { fetchMeta } from "@/misc/backend-rs.js";
 import { extractHost, isSelfHost } from "backend-rs";
-import { signedGet } from "./request.js";
+import { apGet } from "./request.js";
 import type { IObject, ICollection, IOrderedCollection } from "./type.js";
 import { isCollectionOrOrderedCollection, getApId } from "./type.js";
 import { Notes, NoteReactions, Polls, Users } from "@/models/index.js";
@@ -114,11 +113,7 @@ export default class Resolver {
 		apLogger.debug("Getting object from remote, authenticated as user:");
 		apLogger.debug(JSON.stringify(this.user, null, 2));
 
-		const object = (
-			this.user
-				? await signedGet(value, this.user)
-				: await getJson(value, "application/activity+json, application/ld+json")
-		) as IObject;
+		const object = await apGet(value, this.user);
 
 		if (
 			object == null ||
diff --git a/packages/backend/src/server/file/send-drive-file.ts b/packages/backend/src/server/file/send-drive-file.ts
index 6c9605d51..071f81278 100644
--- a/packages/backend/src/server/file/send-drive-file.ts
+++ b/packages/backend/src/server/file/send-drive-file.ts
@@ -161,7 +161,17 @@ export default async function (ctx: Koa.Context) {
 
 	// When doing a conditional request, we MUST return a "Cache-Control" header
 	// if a normal 200 response would have included.
-	ctx.set("Cache-Control", "max-age=31536000, immutable");
+	if (contentType === "application/octet-stream") {
+		ctx.vary("Accept");
+		ctx.set("Cache-Control", "private, max-age=0, must-revalidate");
+
+		if (ctx.header.accept?.match(/activity\+json|ld\+json/)) {
+			ctx.status = 400;
+			return;
+		}
+	} else {
+		ctx.set("Cache-Control", "max-age=2592000, s-maxage=172800, immutable");
+	}
 
 	if (ctx.fresh) {
 		ctx.status = 304;