diff --git a/deps.edn b/deps.edn
index 66c84ab..c368df1 100644
--- a/deps.edn
+++ b/deps.edn
@@ -31,7 +31,8 @@
          org.slf4j/log4j-over-slf4j     {:exclusions [org.slf4j/slf4j-nop], :mvn/version "2.0.3"}
          ch.qos.logback/logback-classic {:exclusions [org.slf4j/slf4j-api org.slf4j/slf4j-nop] :mvn/version "1.4.4"}
 
-         djblue/portal {:mvn/version "0.35.0"}}
+         djblue/portal {:mvn/version "0.35.0"}
+         lambdaisland/uri {:mvn/version "1.13.95"}}
 
  :aliases
  {:dev  {:extra-paths ["dev"]}
diff --git a/repl_sessions/json_ld_stuff.clj b/repl_sessions/json_ld_stuff.clj
index 3c01780..fb9a687 100644
--- a/repl_sessions/json_ld_stuff.clj
+++ b/repl_sessions/json_ld_stuff.clj
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 (ns repl-sessions.json-ld-stuff
   (:require
+   [cheshire.core :as json]
    [clojure.string :as str]
-   [hato.client :as hato]
-   [cheshire.core :as json])
+   [hato.client :as hato])
   (:import (org.jsoup Jsoup)))
 
 (set! *print-namespace-maps* false)
diff --git a/repl_sessions/second_stream.clj b/repl_sessions/second_stream.clj
index 04a0b30..1b03370 100644
--- a/repl_sessions/second_stream.clj
+++ b/repl_sessions/second_stream.clj
@@ -7,13 +7,13 @@
 (let [{:keys [schema ds]} (user/value :storage/db)
       table :activitystreams/Actor
       person (ap/GET "https://toot.cat/users/plexus/")]
-  #_
+
   (jdbc/execute! ds
                  (db/insert-sql table
                                 (select-keys person (get schema table))
                                 (apply dissoc person :rdf/type (get schema table))))
-  [(select-keys person (get schema table))
-   (apply dissoc person :rdf/type (get schema table))]
+  #_[(select-keys person (get schema table))
+     (apply dissoc person :rdf/type (get schema table))]
   )
 
 (count
diff --git a/repl_sessions/webfinger.clj b/repl_sessions/webfinger.clj
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..55134a8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/repl_sessions/webfinger.clj
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+(ns repl-sessions.webfinger
+  (:require
+   [cheshire.core :as json]
+   [clojure.string :as str]
+   [hato.client :as hato]
+   [lambdaisland.uri :as uri]))
+
+;; all of these work
+"acct:plexus@toot.cat"
+"http://toot.cat/@plexus"
+"https://toot.cat/@plexus"
+"http://toot.cat/users/plexus"
+"https://toot.cat/users/plexus"
+
+;; rel seems to be ignored
+
+(defn fetch-webfinger [domain resource]
+  (-> (uri/uri "https:///.well-known/webfinger")
+      (assoc :host domain)
+      (uri/assoc-query :resource resource)
+      str
+      (hato/get {:as :json})
+      :body))
+
+(fetch-webfinger "toot.cat" "acct:plexus@toot.cat")
+
+{:subject "acct:plexus@toot.cat",
+ :aliases ["https://toot.cat/@plexus" "https://toot.cat/users/plexus"],
+ :links
+ [{:rel "http://webfinger.net/rel/profile-page",
+   :type "text/html",
+   :href "https://toot.cat/@plexus"}
+  {:rel "self",
+   :type "application/activity+json",
+   :href "https://toot.cat/users/plexus"}
+  {:rel "http://ostatus.org/schema/1.0/subscribe",
+   :template "https://toot.cat/authorize_interaction?uri={uri}"}]}
diff --git a/src/lambdaisland/souk/db.clj b/src/lambdaisland/souk/db.clj
index 9093878..c817129 100644
--- a/src/lambdaisland/souk/db.clj
+++ b/src/lambdaisland/souk/db.clj
@@ -65,8 +65,8 @@
         (cons
          (json/encode props)
          (concat
-          (map (comp pg-coerce val) props)
-          (map (comp pg-coerce val) props)))))
+          (map (comp pg-coerce val) entity)
+          (map (comp pg-coerce val) entity)))))
 
 (defn start! [{:keys [props]}]
   (let [ds (doto (ComboPooledDataSource.)