diff --git a/activityPub.go b/activityPub.go
index 10dee17..33482c1 100644
--- a/activityPub.go
+++ b/activityPub.go
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/go-chi/chi/v5"
 	"github.com/go-fed/httpsig"
+	"github.com/spf13/cast"
 )
 
 func (a *goBlog) initActivityPub() error {
@@ -167,17 +168,22 @@ func (a *goBlog) apHandleInbox(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	case "Create":
 		{
 			if object, ok := activity["object"].(map[string]interface{}); ok {
-				inReplyTo, hasReplyToString := object["inReplyTo"].(string)
-				id, hasID := object["id"].(string)
-				if hasReplyToString && hasID && len(inReplyTo) > 0 && len(id) > 0 && strings.Contains(inReplyTo, blogIri) {
+				inReplyTo := cast.ToString(object["inReplyTo"])
+				objectId := cast.ToString(object["id"])
+				objectUrl := cast.ToString(object["url"])
+				baseUrl := objectId
+				if objectUrl != "" {
+					baseUrl = objectUrl
+				}
+				if inReplyTo != "" && objectId != "" && strings.Contains(inReplyTo, blogIri) {
 					// It's an ActivityPub reply; save reply as webmention
-					_ = a.createWebmention(id, inReplyTo)
-				} else if content, hasContent := object["content"].(string); hasContent && hasID && len(id) > 0 {
+					_ = a.createWebmention(baseUrl, inReplyTo)
+				} else if content, hasContent := object["content"].(string); hasContent && objectId != "" {
 					// May be a mention; find links to blog and save them as webmentions
-					if links, err := allLinksFromHTMLString(content, id); err == nil {
+					if links, err := allLinksFromHTMLString(content, baseUrl); err == nil {
 						for _, link := range links {
 							if strings.Contains(link, blogIri) {
-								_ = a.createWebmention(id, link)
+								_ = a.createWebmention(baseUrl, link)
 							}
 						}
 					}
diff --git a/http.go b/http.go
index 21cedca..5e68f7b 100644
--- a/http.go
+++ b/http.go
@@ -614,17 +614,22 @@ func noIndexHeader(next http.Handler) http.Handler {
 }
 
 type dynamicHandler struct {
-	router *chi.Mux
-	mutex  sync.RWMutex
+	router      *chi.Mux
+	mutex       sync.RWMutex
+	initialized bool
 }
 
 func (d *dynamicHandler) swapHandler(h *chi.Mux) {
 	d.mutex.Lock()
 	d.router = h
+	d.initialized = true
 	d.mutex.Unlock()
 }
 
 func (d *dynamicHandler) ServeHTTP(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+	for !d.initialized {
+		time.Sleep(1 * time.Second)
+	}
 	// Fix to use Path routing instead of RawPath routing in Chi
 	r.URL.RawPath = ""
 	// Serve request
diff --git a/webmentionVerification.go b/webmentionVerification.go
index e2aa615..ba341c1 100644
--- a/webmentionVerification.go
+++ b/webmentionVerification.go
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ func (a *goBlog) verifyMention(m *mention) error {
 		rec := httptest.NewRecorder()
 		for a.d == nil {
 			// Server not yet started
-			time.Sleep(10 * time.Second)
+			time.Sleep(1 * time.Second)
 		}
 		a.d.ServeHTTP(rec, req.WithContext(context.WithValue(req.Context(), loggedInKey, true)))
 		resp = rec.Result()
@@ -89,11 +89,11 @@ func (a *goBlog) verifyMention(m *mention) error {
 		_, err := a.db.exec("delete from webmentions where source = @source and target = @target", sql.Named("source", m.Source), sql.Named("target", m.Target))
 		return err
 	}
-	if len(m.Content) > 500 {
-		m.Content = m.Content[0:497] + "…"
+	if cr := []rune(m.Content); len(cr) > 500 {
+		m.Content = string(cr[0:497]) + "…"
 	}
-	if len(m.Title) > 60 {
-		m.Title = m.Title[0:57] + "…"
+	if tr := []rune(m.Title); len(tr) > 60 {
+		m.Title = string(tr[0:57]) + "…"
 	}
 	newStatus := webmentionStatusVerified
 	if a.db.webmentionExists(m.Source, m.Target) {
@@ -122,20 +122,25 @@ func (m *mention) verifyReader(body io.Reader) error {
 	}); !hasLink {
 		return errors.New("target not found in source")
 	}
-	// Set title
-	doc, err := goquery.NewDocumentFromReader(&gqBuffer)
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	if title := doc.Find("title"); title != nil {
-		m.Title = title.Text()
-	}
 	// Fill mention attributes
 	sourceURL, err := url.Parse(m.Source)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
+	m.Title = ""
+	m.Content = ""
+	m.Author = ""
 	m.fillFromData(microformats.Parse(&mfBuffer, sourceURL))
+	// Set title when content is empty as well
+	if m.Title == "" && m.Content == "" {
+		doc, err := goquery.NewDocumentFromReader(&gqBuffer)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		if title := doc.Find("title"); title != nil {
+			m.Title = title.Text()
+		}
+	}
 	return nil
 }