diff --git a/lib/clacks/inbox.ex b/lib/clacks/inbox.ex
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..154f690
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/clacks/inbox.ex
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+defmodule Clacks.Inbox do
+  alias Clacks.{Repo, Activity, Object, Actor}
+
+  def handle_create(%{"type" => "Create", "object" => object, "actor" => actor} = activity) do
+    changeset = Object.changeset(%Object{}, %{data: object})
+    {:ok, _object} = Repo.insert(changeset)
+
+    changeset =
+      Activity.changeset(%Activity{}, %{
+        data: activity,
+        local: false,
+        actor: actor
+      })
+
+    {:ok, _activity} = Repo.insert(changeset)
+  end
+
+  def handle_follow(%{"type" => "Follow", "object" => followed_id, "actor" => follower})
+      when is_binary(followed_id) do
+    followed = Actor.get_by_ap_id(followed_id)
+    changeset = Actor.changeset(followed, %{followers: [follower | followed.followers]})
+    {:ok, _followed} = Repo.update(changeset)
+  end
+end
diff --git a/lib/clacks_web/controllers/inbox_controller.ex b/lib/clacks_web/controllers/inbox_controller.ex
index 7383293..30f2589 100644
--- a/lib/clacks_web/controllers/inbox_controller.ex
+++ b/lib/clacks_web/controllers/inbox_controller.ex
@@ -1,14 +1,33 @@
 defmodule ClacksWeb.InboxController do
   use ClacksWeb, :controller
+  alias Clacks.Inbox
 
   plug Plug.Parsers, parsers: [:urlencoded, :json], json_decoder: Jason
   plug ClacksWeb.Plug.HTTPSignature
 
-  def shared(conn, params) do
-    IO.inspect(params)
+  def shared(conn, _params) do
+    handle(conn, conn.body_params)
   end
 
-  def user_specific(conn, params) do
-    IO.inspect(params)
+  def user_specific(conn, _params) do
+    handle(conn, conn.body_params)
   end
+
+  def handle(conn, %{"type" => "Create"} = activity) do
+    Inbox.handle_create(activity)
+
+    conn
+    |> put_status(200)
+  end
+
+  def handle(conn, %{"type" => "Follow", "object" => object} = activity) when is_binary(object) do
+    Inbox.handle_follow(activity)
+
+    conn
+    |> put_status(200)
+  end
+
+  # def handle(conn, _) do
+  #   # todo: figure out how handle unhandled activity types
+  # end
 end