diff --git a/src/Data/Aeson/Local.hs b/src/Data/Aeson/Local.hs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8e2fdc3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Data/Aeson/Local.hs
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+{- This file is part of Vervis.
+ -
+ - Written in 2019 by fr33domlover <fr33domlover@riseup.net>.
+ -
+ - ♡ Copying is an act of love. Please copy, reuse and share.
+ -
+ - The author(s) have dedicated all copyright and related and neighboring
+ - rights to this software to the public domain worldwide. This software is
+ - distributed without any warranty.
+ -
+ - You should have received a copy of the CC0 Public Domain Dedication along
+ - with this software. If not, see
+ - <http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/>.
+ -}
+
+module Data.Aeson.Local
+    ( frg
+    , parseHttpsURI
+    , renderURI
+    , (.=?)
+    )
+where
+
+import Prelude
+
+import Data.Aeson
+import Data.Aeson.Types (Parser)
+import Data.Text (Text)
+import Network.URI
+
+import qualified Data.Text as T (unpack)
+
+frg :: Text
+frg = "https://forgefed.angeley.es/ns#"
+
+parseHttpsURI :: Text -> Parser URI
+parseHttpsURI t =
+    case parseURI $ T.unpack t of
+        Nothing -> fail "Invalid absolute URI"
+        Just u ->
+            if uriScheme u == "https:"
+                then return u
+                else fail "URI scheme isn't https"
+
+renderURI :: URI -> String
+renderURI u = uriToString id u ""
+
+infixr 8 .=?
+(.=?) :: ToJSON v => Text -> Maybe v -> Series
+k .=? Nothing  = mempty
+k .=? (Just v) = k .= v
diff --git a/src/Vervis/ActorKey.hs b/src/Vervis/ActorKey.hs
index 533e784..c1ed729 100644
--- a/src/Vervis/ActorKey.hs
+++ b/src/Vervis/ActorKey.hs
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ module Vervis.ActorKey
     , loadActorKey
     , actorKeyPublicBin
     , actorKeySign
-    , actorKeyVerify
+    -- , actorKeyVerify
     )
 where
 
diff --git a/src/Web/ActivityPub.hs b/src/Web/ActivityPub.hs
index 642db1d..3e811a6 100644
--- a/src/Web/ActivityPub.hs
+++ b/src/Web/ActivityPub.hs
@@ -66,8 +66,7 @@ import qualified Data.HashMap.Strict as M (lookup)
 import qualified Data.Text as T (unpack)
 import qualified Data.Vector as V (fromList)
 
-frg :: Text
-frg = "https://forgefed.angeley.es/ns#"
+import Data.Aeson.Local
 
 as2context :: Text
 as2context = "https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams"
@@ -78,18 +77,6 @@ actorContext = Array $ V.fromList
     , String "https://w3id.org/security/v1"
     ]
 
-parseURI' :: Text -> Parser URI
-parseURI' t =
-    case parseURI $ T.unpack t of
-        Nothing -> fail "Invalid absolute URI"
-        Just u ->
-            if uriScheme u == "https:"
-                then return u
-                else fail "URI scheme isn't https"
-
-renderURI :: URI -> String
-renderURI u = uriToString id u ""
-
 data ActorType = ActorTypePerson | ActorTypeOther Text
 
 instance FromJSON ActorType where
@@ -130,8 +117,8 @@ data PublicKey = PublicKey
 instance FromJSON PublicKey where
     parseJSON = withObject "PublicKey" $ \ o ->
         PublicKey
-            <$> (parseURI' =<< o .: "id")
-            <*> (parseURI' =<< o .: "owner")
+            <$> (parseHttpsURI =<< o .: "id")
+            <*> (parseHttpsURI =<< o .: "owner")
             <*> (parsePEM =<< o .: "publicKeyPem")
             <*> o .:? (frg <> "algorithm")
         where
@@ -164,10 +151,10 @@ data Actor = Actor
 instance FromJSON Actor where
     parseJSON = withObject "Actor" $ \ o ->
         Actor
-            <$> (parseURI' =<< o .: "id")
+            <$> (parseHttpsURI =<< o .: "id")
             <*> o .: "type"
             <*> o .: "preferredUsername"
-            <*> (parseURI' =<< o .: "inbox")
+            <*> (parseHttpsURI =<< o .: "inbox")
             <*> o .: "publicKey"
 
 instance ToJSON Actor where
@@ -231,7 +218,7 @@ instance FromJSON Activity where
         mto2 <- o .:? "to"
         to <- case mto <|> mto2 of
             Nothing -> fail "to not provided"
-            Just t  -> parseURI' t
+            Just t  -> parseHttpsURI t
         return $ Activity to o
 
 instance ToJSON Activity where
diff --git a/vervis.cabal b/vervis.cabal
index 8ae18bb..16f9ba7 100644
--- a/vervis.cabal
+++ b/vervis.cabal
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ library
                        Control.Concurrent.Local
                        Darcs.Local.Repository
                        Data.Aeson.Encode.Pretty.ToEncoding
+                       Data.Aeson.Local
                        Data.Attoparsec.ByteString.Local
                        Data.Binary.Local
                        Data.ByteString.Char8.Local