diff --git a/src/Vervis/Handler/Inbox.hs b/src/Vervis/Handler/Inbox.hs
index 5dd5964..952eb74 100644
--- a/src/Vervis/Handler/Inbox.hs
+++ b/src/Vervis/Handler/Inbox.hs
@@ -236,6 +236,10 @@ getInbox here getInboxId = do
                 error $ "InboxItem #" ++ show ibid ++ " both local and remote"
             (Just act, Nothing) -> persistJSONObject act
             (Nothing, Just obj) -> persistJSONObject obj
+    objectSummary o =
+        case M.lookup "summary" o of
+            Just (String t) | not (T.null t) -> Just t
+            _ -> Nothing
 
 getSharerInboxR :: ShrIdent -> Handler TypedContent
 getSharerInboxR shr = getInbox here getInboxId
diff --git a/templates/person/inbox.hamlet b/templates/person/inbox.hamlet
index 6723406..c418648 100644
--- a/templates/person/inbox.hamlet
+++ b/templates/person/inbox.hamlet
@@ -21,7 +21,10 @@ $# <http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/>.
 
 <div>
   $forall obj <- items
-    <div><pre>
-      #{TLB.toLazyText $ encodePrettyToTextBuilder obj}
+    $maybe summary <- objectSummary obj
+      <div>
+        ^{preEscapedToHtml summary}
+    $nothing
+      ^{renderPrettyJSONSkylighting obj}
 
 ^{pageNav}