diff --git a/crates/adapters/activitypub-base/src/service.rs b/crates/adapters/activitypub-base/src/service.rs
index d444b58..b7dc1c1 100644
--- a/crates/adapters/activitypub-base/src/service.rs
+++ b/crates/adapters/activitypub-base/src/service.rs
@@ -1,9 +1,7 @@
 use std::sync::Arc;
 
 use activitypub_federation::{
-    activity_sending::SendActivityTask,
-    fetch::{object_id::ObjectId, webfinger::webfinger_resolve_actor},
-    protocol::context::WithContext,
+    activity_sending::SendActivityTask, fetch::object_id::ObjectId, protocol::context::WithContext,
     traits::Actor,
 };
 use axum::{Router, routing::get, routing::post};
@@ -342,6 +340,48 @@ impl ActivityPubService {
         Ok(())
     }
 
+    /// Resolve a `@user@domain` handle to a `DbActor` over HTTPS directly.
+    /// The library's `webfinger_resolve_actor` tries HTTP first in debug mode, which breaks
+    /// on servers that don't redirect HTTP → HTTPS.
+    async fn webfinger_https(
+        handle: &str,
+        data: &activitypub_federation::config::Data<FederationData>,
+    ) -> anyhow::Result<DbActor> {
+        let normalized = handle.trim_start_matches('@');
+        let at = normalized
+            .rfind('@')
+            .ok_or_else(|| anyhow::anyhow!("handle must be user@domain"))?;
+        let (user, domain_str) = (&normalized[..at], &normalized[at + 1..]);
+        let wf_url = format!(
+            "https://{}/.well-known/webfinger?resource=acct:{}@{}",
+            domain_str, user, domain_str
+        );
+        let wf: serde_json::Value = reqwest::Client::new()
+            .get(&wf_url)
+            .header("Accept", "application/jrd+json, application/json")
+            .send()
+            .await?
+            .json()
+            .await?;
+        let self_href = wf["links"]
+            .as_array()
+            .and_then(|links| {
+                links.iter().find(|l| {
+                    l["rel"].as_str() == Some("self")
+                        && l["type"].as_str() == Some("application/activity+json")
+                })
+            })
+            .and_then(|l| l["href"].as_str())
+            .ok_or_else(|| anyhow::anyhow!("no self link in WebFinger response"))?
+            .to_owned();
+        let self_url = url::Url::parse(&self_href)?;
+        let actor: DbActor = ObjectId::from(self_url)
+            .dereference(data)
+            .await
+            .map_err(|e| anyhow::anyhow!("{e}"))?;
+        Ok(actor)
+    }
+
     pub async fn follow(&self, local_user_id: uuid::Uuid, handle: &str) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
         let data = self.federation_config.to_request_data();
 
@@ -351,9 +391,7 @@ impl ActivityPubService {
             return self.follow_local(local_user_id, parts[0], &data).await;
         }
 
-        let remote_actor: DbActor = webfinger_resolve_actor(handle, &data)
-            .await
-            .map_err(|e| anyhow::anyhow!("{e}"))?;
+        let remote_actor: DbActor = Self::webfinger_https(handle, &data).await?;
 
         let local_actor = get_local_actor(local_user_id, &data)
             .await
@@ -1424,9 +1462,9 @@ impl domain::ports::FederationActionPort for ActivityPubService {
         handle: &str,
     ) -> Result<(), domain::errors::DomainError> {
         let data = self.federation_config.to_request_data();
-        let remote_actor: DbActor = webfinger_resolve_actor(handle, &data).await.map_err(|e| {
-            domain::errors::DomainError::ExternalService(anyhow::anyhow!("{e}").to_string())
-        })?;
+        let remote_actor: DbActor = Self::webfinger_https(handle, &data)
+            .await
+            .map_err(|e| domain::errors::DomainError::ExternalService(e.to_string()))?;
         let actor_url = remote_actor.ap_id.to_string();
         self.unfollow(local_user_id.as_uuid(), &actor_url)
             .await