diff --git a/activities/models/post.py b/activities/models/post.py
index f8a5e75..ee1f393 100644
--- a/activities/models/post.py
+++ b/activities/models/post.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ from activities.models.hashtag import Hashtag
 from core.html import sanitize_post, strip_html
 from core.ld import canonicalise, format_ld_date, get_list, parse_ld_date
 from stator.models import State, StateField, StateGraph, StatorModel
-from users.models.identity import Identity
+from users.models.identity import Identity, IdentityStates
 from users.models.system_actor import SystemActor
 
 
@@ -625,11 +625,15 @@ class Post(StatorModel):
                         f"Error fetching post from {object_uri}: {response.status_code}",
                         {response.content},
                     )
-                return cls.by_ap(
+                post = cls.by_ap(
                     canonicalise(response.json(), include_security=True),
                     create=True,
                     update=True,
                 )
+                # We may need to fetch the author too
+                if post.author.state == IdentityStates.outdated:
+                    async_to_sync(post.author.fetch_actor)()
+                return post
             else:
                 raise cls.DoesNotExist(f"Cannot find Post with URI {object_uri}")
 
diff --git a/activities/views/posts.py b/activities/views/posts.py
index 8b0ff33..ef16713 100644
--- a/activities/views/posts.py
+++ b/activities/views/posts.py
@@ -33,9 +33,10 @@ class Individual(TemplateView):
 
     def get_context_data(self):
         if self.post_obj.in_reply_to:
-            parent = Post.objects.filter(object_uri=self.post_obj.in_reply_to).first()
-        else:
-            parent = None
+            try:
+                parent = Post.by_object_uri(self.post_obj.in_reply_to, fetch=True)
+            except Post.DoesNotExist:
+                parent = None
         return {
             "identity": self.identity,
             "post": self.post_obj,
diff --git a/activities/views/search.py b/activities/views/search.py
index ab37e17..ccfc1a4 100644
--- a/activities/views/search.py
+++ b/activities/views/search.py
@@ -101,11 +101,7 @@ class Search(FormView):
             # Try and retrieve the post by URI
             # (we do not trust the JSON we just got - fetch from source!)
             try:
-                post = Post.by_object_uri(document["id"], fetch=True)
-                # We may need to live-fetch the identity too
-                if post.author.state == IdentityStates.outdated:
-                    async_to_sync(post.author.fetch_actor)()
-                return post
+                return Post.by_object_uri(document["id"], fetch=True)
             except Post.DoesNotExist:
                 return None