diff --git a/app/activitypub/util.py b/app/activitypub/util.py
index 425f5125..3c8bd257 100644
--- a/app/activitypub/util.py
+++ b/app/activitypub/util.py
@@ -589,7 +589,7 @@ def actor_json_to_model(activity_json, address, server):
         return community
 
 
-def post_json_to_model(post_json, user, community) -> Post:
+def post_json_to_model(activity_log, post_json, user, community) -> Post:
     try:
         post = Post(user_id=user.id, community_id=community.id,
                     title=html.unescape(post_json['name']),
@@ -637,6 +637,7 @@ def post_json_to_model(post_json, user, community) -> Post:
                                 admin.unread_notifications += 1
                     if domain.banned:
                         post = None
+                        activity_log.exception_message = domain.name + ' is blocked by admin'
                     if not domain.banned:
                         domain.post_count += 1
                         post.domain = domain
@@ -648,6 +649,7 @@ def post_json_to_model(post_json, user, community) -> Post:
         if post is not None:
             db.session.add(post)
             community.post_count += 1
+            activity_log.result = 'success'
             db.session.commit()
         return post
     except KeyError as e:
diff --git a/app/community/util.py b/app/community/util.py
index a67b93c9..65411328 100644
--- a/app/community/util.py
+++ b/app/community/util.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ from time import sleep
 from typing import List
 import requests
 from PIL import Image, ImageOps
-from flask import request, abort, g, current_app
+from flask import request, abort, g, current_app, json
 from flask_login import current_user
 from pillow_heif import register_heif_opener
 
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ from app.activitypub.signature import post_request
 from app.activitypub.util import find_actor_or_create, actor_json_to_model, post_json_to_model, default_context
 from app.constants import POST_TYPE_ARTICLE, POST_TYPE_LINK, POST_TYPE_IMAGE
 from app.models import Community, File, BannedInstances, PostReply, PostVote, Post, utcnow, CommunityMember, Site, \
-    Instance, Notification, User
+    Instance, Notification, User, ActivityPubLog
 from app.utils import get_request, gibberish, markdown_to_html, domain_from_url, allowlist_html, \
     html_to_markdown, is_image_url, ensure_directory_exists, inbox_domain, post_ranking, shorten_string, parse_page, \
     remove_tracking_from_link, ap_datetime, instance_banned
@@ -100,12 +100,19 @@ def retrieve_mods_and_backfill(community_id: int):
                     activities_processed = 0
                     for activity in outbox_data['orderedItems']:
                         user = find_actor_or_create(activity['object']['actor'])
+                        activity_log = ActivityPubLog(direction='in', activity_id=activity['id'], activity_type='Announce', result='failure')
+                        if site.log_activitypub_json:
+                            activity_log.activity_json = json.dumps(activity)
+                        db.session.add(activity_log)
                         if user:
-                            post = post_json_to_model(activity['object']['object'], user, community)
+                            post = post_json_to_model(activity_log, activity['object']['object'], user, community)
                             post.ap_create_id = activity['object']['id']
                             post.ap_announce_id = activity['id']
                             post.ranking = post_ranking(post.score, post.posted_at)
                             db.session.commit()
+                        else:
+                            activity_log.exception_message = 'Could not find or create actor'
+                            db.session.commit()
 
                         activities_processed += 1
                         if activities_processed >= 50: