diff --git a/lib/Db/ActorsRequest.php b/lib/Db/ActorsRequest.php
index d041d06f..e33c43c6 100644
--- a/lib/Db/ActorsRequest.php
+++ b/lib/Db/ActorsRequest.php
@@ -58,10 +58,10 @@ class ActorsRequest extends ActorsRequestBuilder {
 	 *
 	 * @param Person $actor
 	 *
-	 * @return int
+	 * @return string
 	 * @throws \Exception
 	 */
-	public function create(Person $actor) {
+	public function create(Person $actor): string {
 
 		$id = $this->configService->getRoot() . '@' . $actor->getPreferredUsername();
 
@@ -80,6 +80,8 @@ class ActorsRequest extends ActorsRequestBuilder {
 			   ->setValue('private_key', $qb->createNamedParameter($actor->getPrivateKey()));
 
 			$qb->execute();
+
+			return $id;
 		} catch (\Exception $e) {
 			throw $e;
 		}
@@ -110,7 +112,8 @@ class ActorsRequest extends ActorsRequestBuilder {
 	}
 
 	/**
-	 * @param string $username
+	 * @param string $id
+	 *
 	 * @return Person
 	 * @throws ActorDoesNotExistException
 	 */
diff --git a/lib/Db/CacheActorsRequest.php b/lib/Db/CacheActorsRequest.php
index a19cf3b9..4e0ef561 100644
--- a/lib/Db/CacheActorsRequest.php
+++ b/lib/Db/CacheActorsRequest.php
@@ -183,5 +183,18 @@ class CacheActorsRequest extends CacheActorsRequestBuilder {
 	}
 
 
+	/**
+	 * delete cached version of an Actor, based on the UriId
+	 *
+	 * @param string $id
+	 */
+	public function deleteFromId(string $id) {
+		$qb = $this->getCacheActorsDeleteSql();
+		$this->limitToIdString($qb, $id);
+
+		$qb->execute();
+	}
+
+
 }
 
diff --git a/lib/Service/ActivityPub/PersonService.php b/lib/Service/ActivityPub/PersonService.php
index 6c84718a..2c8f2803 100644
--- a/lib/Service/ActivityPub/PersonService.php
+++ b/lib/Service/ActivityPub/PersonService.php
@@ -85,11 +85,13 @@ class PersonService implements ICoreService {
 	/**
 	 * @param string $id
 	 *
+	 * @param bool $refresh
+	 *
 	 * @return Person
-	 * @throws RequestException
 	 * @throws InvalidResourceException
+	 * @throws RequestException
 	 */
-	public function getFromId(string $id): Person {
+	public function getFromId(string $id, bool $refresh = false): Person {
 
 		$posAnchor = strpos($id, '#');
 		if ($posAnchor !== false) {
@@ -97,24 +99,30 @@ class PersonService implements ICoreService {
 		}
 
 		try {
+			if ($refresh) {
+				$this->cacheActorsRequest->deleteFromId($id);
+				throw new CacheActorDoesNotExistException();
+			}
+
 			$actor = $this->cacheActorsRequest->getFromId($id);
 		} catch (CacheActorDoesNotExistException $e) {
 			$object = $this->instanceService->retrieveObject($id);
 			$actor = new Person();
 			$actor->import($object);
 
-			if ($actor->getType() !== 'Person') {
-				throw new InvalidResourceException();
-			}
-
 			$actor->setPreferredUsername($this->get('preferredUsername', $object, ''));
 			$actor->setPublicKey($this->get('publicKey.publicKeyPem', $object));
 			$actor->setSharedInbox($this->get('endpoints.sharedInbox', $object));
 			$actor->setAccount($actor->getPreferredUsername() . '@' . $this->get('_host', $object));
+
+			if ($actor->getType() !== 'Person') {
+				throw new InvalidResourceException();
+			}
+
 			try {
 				$this->save($actor);
 			} catch (Exception $e) {
-				throw new InvalidResourceException();
+				throw new InvalidResourceException($e->getMessage());
 			}
 		}
 
@@ -138,15 +146,20 @@ class PersonService implements ICoreService {
 			$actor = new Person();
 			$actor->import($object);
 
-			if ($actor->getType() !== 'Person') {
-				throw new InvalidResourceException();
-			}
-
 			$actor->setAccount($account);
 			$actor->setPreferredUsername($this->get('preferredUsername', $object, ''));
 			$actor->setPublicKey($this->get('publicKey.publicKeyPem', $object));
 			$actor->setSharedInbox($this->get('endpoints.sharedInbox', $object));
-			$this->save($actor);
+			
+			if ($actor->getType() !== 'Person') {
+				throw new InvalidResourceException();
+			}
+
+			try {
+				$this->save($actor);
+			} catch (Exception $e) {
+				throw new InvalidResourceException($e->getMessage());
+			}
 		}
 
 		return $actor;
diff --git a/lib/Service/ActorService.php b/lib/Service/ActorService.php
index f7730c1c..74f06e7a 100644
--- a/lib/Service/ActorService.php
+++ b/lib/Service/ActorService.php
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ use OCA\Social\Exceptions\AccountAlreadyExistsException;
 use OCA\Social\Exceptions\ActorDoesNotExistException;
 use OCA\Social\Model\ActivityPub\Person;
 use OCA\Social\Model\InstancePath;
+use OCA\Social\Service\ActivityPub\PersonService;
 
 
 /**
@@ -51,12 +52,15 @@ class ActorService {
 	use TArrayTools;
 
 
-	/** @var ConfigService */
-	private $configService;
-
 	/** @var ActorsRequest */
 	private $actorsRequest;
 
+	/** @var PersonService */
+	private $personService;
+
+	/** @var ConfigService */
+	private $configService;
+
 	/** @var MiscService */
 	private $miscService;
 
@@ -65,14 +69,17 @@ class ActorService {
 	 * ActorService constructor.
 	 *
 	 * @param ActorsRequest $actorsRequest
+	 * @param PersonService $personService
 	 * @param ConfigService $configService
 	 * @param MiscService $miscService
 	 */
 	public function __construct(
-		ActorsRequest $actorsRequest, ConfigService $configService, MiscService $miscService
+		ActorsRequest $actorsRequest, PersonService $personService, ConfigService $configService,
+		MiscService $miscService
 	) {
-		$this->configService = $configService;
 		$this->actorsRequest = $actorsRequest;
+		$this->personService = $personService;
+		$this->configService = $configService;
 		$this->miscService = $miscService;
 	}
 
@@ -90,6 +97,12 @@ class ActorService {
 		return $actor;
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * @param string $id
+	 *
+	 * @return Person
+	 * @throws ActorDoesNotExistException
+	 */
 	public function getActorById(string $id): Person {
 		$actor = $this->actorsRequest->getFromId($id);
 
@@ -122,8 +135,6 @@ class ActorService {
 	}
 
 
-
-
 	/**
 	 * Method should be called by the frontend and will generate a fresh Social account for
 	 * the user, using the userId and the username.
@@ -166,7 +177,10 @@ class ActorService {
 		$actor->setPreferredUsername($username);
 
 		$this->generateKeys($actor);
-		$this->actorsRequest->create($actor);
+		$id = $this->actorsRequest->create($actor);
+
+		// generate cache.
+		$this->personService->getFromId($id, true);
 	}