diff --git a/lib/activitypub/federate.ts b/lib/activitypub/federate.ts
index 9817430..a271cbd 100644
--- a/lib/activitypub/federate.ts
+++ b/lib/activitypub/federate.ts
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ export async function getActor(url: string, db: Database, forceUpdate: boolean =
 	return remote;
 }
 
-export async function getCachedActor(url: string, db: Database): Promise<Actor> {
+export async function getCachedActor(url: string, db: Database): Promise<Actor | null> {
 	return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
 		db.get("SELECT * FROM actors WHERE id = $id", {
 			$id: url
@@ -46,15 +46,19 @@ export async function getCachedActor(url: string, db: Database): Promise<Actor>
 			if (err) {
 				reject(err);
 			} else {
-				resolve({
-					id: result.id,
-					name: result.display_name,
-					inbox: result.inbox,
-					icon: result.icon_url,
-					publicKey: {
-						publicKeyPem: result.public_key_pem
-					}
-				} as Actor);
+				if (result) {
+					resolve({
+						id: result.id,
+						name: result.display_name,
+						inbox: result.inbox,
+						icon: result.icon_url,
+						publicKey: {
+							publicKeyPem: result.public_key_pem
+						}
+					} as Actor);
+				} else {
+					resolve(null);
+				}
 			}
 		});
 	});