diff --git a/lib/index.ts b/lib/index.ts
index d468fdb..73f6c43 100644
--- a/lib/index.ts
+++ b/lib/index.ts
@@ -61,7 +61,6 @@ async function generate(): Promise<Page[]> {
 	const posts = await generate();
 
 	await activitypub.articles.setup(posts);
-	const toFederate = await activitypub.articles.toFederate();
 
 	const apRouter = Router();
 	apRouter.use(validateHttpSig);
@@ -97,9 +96,10 @@ async function generate(): Promise<Page[]> {
 	});
 
 	const port = process.env.PORT || 8083;
-	app.listen(port, () => {
+	app.listen(port, async () => {
 		console.log(`Listening on port ${port}`);
 
+		const toFederate = await activitypub.articles.toFederate();
 		activitypub.federate(toFederate);
 	});
 })();