diff --git a/activitypub.py b/activitypub.py
index 380259c..b814610 100644
--- a/activitypub.py
+++ b/activitypub.py
@@ -744,7 +744,7 @@ def postprocess_as2_actor(actor, user=None):
     # required by pixelfed. https://github.com/snarfed/bridgy-fed/issues/39
     actor.setdefault('summary', '')
 
-    if not actor.get('publicKey'):
+    if not actor.get('publicKey') and not isinstance(user, ActivityPub):
         # underspecified, inferred from this issue and Mastodon's implementation:
         # https://github.com/w3c/activitypub/issues/203#issuecomment-297553229
         # https://github.com/tootsuite/mastodon/blob/bc2c263504e584e154384ecc2d804aeb1afb1ba3/app/services/activitypub/process_account_service.rb#L77
@@ -897,6 +897,12 @@ def follower_collection(id, collection):
 
     TODO: unify page generation with outbox()
     """
+    if (request.path.startswith('/ap/')
+            and request.host in (PRIMARY_DOMAIN,) + LOCAL_DOMAINS):
+        # UI request. unfortunate that the URL paths overlap like this!
+        import pages
+        return pages.followers_or_following('ap', id, collection)
+
     protocol = Protocol.for_request(fed='web')
     assert protocol
     user = protocol.get_by_id(id)
diff --git a/pages.py b/pages.py
index b68bddd..cb3dc1f 100644
--- a/pages.py
+++ b/pages.py
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ from oauth_dropins.webutil.flask_util import (
     redirect,
 )
 
-from activitypub import ActivityPub
 import common
 from common import DOMAIN_RE
 from flask_app import app, cache
@@ -169,7 +168,8 @@ def followers_or_following(protocol, id, collection):
         f'{collection}.html',
         address=request.args.get('address'),
         follow_url=request.values.get('url'),
-        ActivityPub=ActivityPub,
+        # TODO: remove
+        ActivityPub=PROTOCOLS['activitypub'],
         **TEMPLATE_VARS,
         **locals(),
     )
diff --git a/templates/_followers.html b/templates/_followers.html
index 38edc6f..b07af52 100644
--- a/templates/_followers.html
+++ b/templates/_followers.html
@@ -11,7 +11,8 @@
         {% endif %}
       {% endwith %}
       {{ user_as1.get('displayName') or '' }}
-      {{ as2.address(ActivityPub.convert(f.user.obj) or url) or url }}
+      <!-- TODO: genericize -->
+      {{ as2.address(ActivityPub.convert(f.user.obj, from_user=user) or url) or url }}
     </a>
   {% endwith %}
 
diff --git a/tests/test_pages.py b/tests/test_pages.py
index 2016cbe..277c279 100644
--- a/tests/test_pages.py
+++ b/tests/test_pages.py
@@ -232,6 +232,18 @@ class PagesTest(TestCase):
         got = self.client.get('/fake/fake:foo/followers')
         self.assert_equals(200, got.status_code)
 
+    def test_followers_activitypub(self):
+        obj = Object(id='https://inst/user', as2={
+            'id': 'https://inst/user',
+            'preferredUsername': 'user',
+        })
+        obj.put()
+        self.make_user('https://inst/user', cls=ActivityPub, obj=obj)
+
+        got = self.client.get('/ap/@user@inst/followers')
+        self.assert_equals(200, got.status_code)
+        self.assert_equals('text/html', got.headers['Content-Type'].split(';')[0])
+
     def test_followers_empty(self):
         got = self.client.get('/web/user.com/followers')
         self.assert_equals(200, got.status_code)