diff --git a/docker/federation-test/Dockerfile b/docker/federation-test/Dockerfile
index 09f3681c0..d8302ea7a 100644
--- a/docker/federation-test/Dockerfile
+++ b/docker/federation-test/Dockerfile
@@ -1,14 +1,15 @@
 FROM ekidd/rust-musl-builder:1.38.0-openssl11
 
+USER root
+RUN mkdir /app/dist/documentation/ -p \
+ && addgroup --gid 1001 lemmy \
+ && adduser --disabled-password --shell /bin/sh -u 1001 --ingroup lemmy lemmy
+
 # Copy resources
 COPY server/config/defaults.hjson /app/config/defaults.hjson
-COPY server/target/debug/lemmy_server /app/lemmy
 COPY ui/dist /app/dist
+COPY server/target/debug/lemmy_server /app/lemmy
 
-USER root
-RUN mkdir /app/dist/documentation/
-RUN addgroup --gid 1001 lemmy
-RUN adduser --disabled-password --shell /bin/sh -u 1001 --ingroup lemmy lemmy
 RUN chown lemmy:lemmy /app/ -R
 USER lemmy
 EXPOSE 8536
diff --git a/server/src/apub/community.rs b/server/src/apub/community.rs
index bc07b3190..79eb68398 100644
--- a/server/src/apub/community.rs
+++ b/server/src/apub/community.rs
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ impl Community {
 
     // TODO: why the hell is this code so awkward?
     group.object_props.set_context_object(context()).ok();
+    // TODO: id really needs to be a url
     group.object_props.set_id_string(self.id.to_string()).ok();
     group
       .object_props
@@ -64,17 +65,12 @@ impl Community {
 
     let connection = establish_unpooled_connection();
     //As we are an object, we validated that the community id was valid
+    // TODO: add a method that only returns count for better performance
     let community_followers = CommunityFollowerView::for_community(&connection, self.id).unwrap();
 
-    // TODO: we definitely dont want to make our follower list public, we should only expose the count
-    let ap_followers = community_followers
-      .iter()
-      .map(|follower| make_apub_endpoint("u", &follower.user_name))
-      .collect();
-
     collection
       .collection_props
-      .set_items_string_vec(ap_followers)
+      .set_total_items_u64(community_followers.len() as u64)
       .unwrap();
     collection
   }
diff --git a/server/src/apub/mod.rs b/server/src/apub/mod.rs
index 7a8b74f28..9bac64a6e 100644
--- a/server/src/apub/mod.rs
+++ b/server/src/apub/mod.rs
@@ -96,9 +96,14 @@ mod tests {
 
 pub fn make_apub_endpoint<S: Display, T: Display>(point: S, value: T) -> String {
   format!(
-    "https://{}/federation/{}/{}",
+    "{}://{}/federation/{}/{}",
+    get_apub_protocol_string(),
     Settings::get().hostname,
     point,
     value
   )
 }
+
+pub fn get_apub_protocol_string() -> &'static str {
+  "http"
+}
diff --git a/server/src/apub/puller.rs b/server/src/apub/puller.rs
index b3177183c..3ab4c69bd 100644
--- a/server/src/apub/puller.rs
+++ b/server/src/apub/puller.rs
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ use crate::api::post::GetPosts;
 use crate::db::community_view::CommunityView;
 use crate::naive_now;
 use crate::settings::Settings;
+use serde_json::Value;
 
 // TODO: right now all of the data is requested on demand, for production we will need to store
 //       things in the local database to not ruin the performance
@@ -32,7 +33,7 @@ pub fn get_remote_community_posts(name: String) -> Result<GetPosts, Error> {
   unimplemented!()
 }
 
-pub fn get_remote_community(identifier: String) -> Result<GetCommunityResponse, Error> {
+pub fn get_remote_community(identifier: String) -> Result<GetCommunityResponse, failure::Error> {
   let x: Vec<&str> = identifier.split('@').collect();
   let name = x[0].replace("!", "");
   let instance = x[1];
@@ -48,34 +49,13 @@ pub fn get_remote_community(identifier: String) -> Result<GetCommunityResponse,
     admins: vec![],
     community: CommunityView {
       // TODO: why does the stupid library have everything stored as value without working autocomplete for methods???
-      //       i want to pull that whole lib in here and treat it as part of lemmy so we can fix this shit
       // TODO: we need to merge id and name into a single thing (stuff like @user@instance.com)
-      id: community
-        .object_props
-        .id
-        .unwrap()
-        .as_str()
-        .unwrap()
-        .parse::<i32>()
-        .unwrap(),
+      id: get_string_value(community.object_props.id).parse::<i32>()?,
       name,
-      title: community
-        .object_props
-        .name
-        .unwrap()
-        .as_str()
-        .unwrap()
-        .to_string(), // TODO: why does it still show !main@lemmy_beta:8541
-      description: community.object_props.summary.map(|c| c.to_string()), // TODO: this has an extra quote somehow
+      title: get_string_value(community.object_props.name),
+      description: get_string_value_opt(community.object_props.summary),
       category_id: -1,
-      creator_id: community
-        .object_props
-        .attributed_to
-        .unwrap()
-        .as_str()
-        .unwrap()
-        .parse::<i32>()
-        .unwrap(),
+      creator_id: get_string_value(community.object_props.attributed_to).parse::<i32>()?,
       removed: false,
       published: naive_now(), // TODO: need to handle time conversion (or handle it in apub lib)
       updated: Some(naive_now()), // TODO: community.object_props.updated
@@ -95,6 +75,18 @@ pub fn get_remote_community(identifier: String) -> Result<GetCommunityResponse,
   })
 }
 
+fn get_string_value_opt(value: Option<Value>) -> Option<String> {
+  value
+    .as_ref()
+    .map(Value::as_str)
+    .flatten()
+    .map(str::to_string)
+}
+
+fn get_string_value(value: Option<Value>) -> String {
+  get_string_value_opt(value).unwrap()
+}
+
 pub fn get_following_instances() -> Result<Vec<String>, Error> {
   let instance_list = match Settings::get().federated_instance.clone() {
     Some(f) => vec![f, Settings::get().hostname.clone()],