diff --git a/api/funkwhale_api/federation/tasks.py b/api/funkwhale_api/federation/tasks.py
index 6cb91238d..b59d65d4c 100644
--- a/api/funkwhale_api/federation/tasks.py
+++ b/api/funkwhale_api/federation/tasks.py
@@ -324,7 +324,6 @@ def fetch(fetch_obj):
         auth = signing.get_auth(actor.private_key, actor.private_key_id)
     else:
         auth = None
-    auth = None
     try:
         if url.startswith("webfinger://"):
             # we first grab the correpsonding webfinger representation
@@ -341,10 +340,14 @@ def fetch(fetch_obj):
         response = session.get_session().get(
             auth=auth, url=url, headers={"Accept": "application/activity+json"},
         )
-        logger.debug("Remote answered with %s", response.status_code)
+        logger.debug("Remote answered with %s: %s", response.status_code, response.text)
         response.raise_for_status()
     except requests.exceptions.HTTPError as e:
-        return error("http", status_code=e.response.status_code if e.response else None)
+        return error(
+            "http",
+            status_code=e.response.status_code if e.response else None,
+            message=response.text,
+        )
     except requests.exceptions.Timeout:
         return error("timeout")
     except requests.exceptions.ConnectionError as e: