diff --git a/lib/pleroma/web/activity_pub/activity_pub_controller.ex b/lib/pleroma/web/activity_pub/activity_pub_controller.ex
index 779de0e4d..2bb5bd15b 100644
--- a/lib/pleroma/web/activity_pub/activity_pub_controller.ex
+++ b/lib/pleroma/web/activity_pub/activity_pub_controller.ex
@@ -370,7 +370,10 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Web.ActivityPub.ActivityPubController do
     |> json(err)
   end
 
-  def handle_user_activity(user, %{"type" => "Create"} = params) do
+  defp handle_user_activity(
+         %User{} = user,
+         %{"type" => "Create", "object" => %{"type" => "Note"}} = params
+       ) do
     object =
       params["object"]
       |> Map.merge(Map.take(params, ["to", "cc"]))
@@ -386,7 +389,7 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Web.ActivityPub.ActivityPubController do
     })
   end
 
-  def handle_user_activity(user, %{"type" => "Delete"} = params) do
+  defp handle_user_activity(user, %{"type" => "Delete"} = params) do
     with %Object{} = object <- Object.normalize(params["object"]),
          true <- user.is_moderator || user.ap_id == object.data["actor"],
          {:ok, delete} <- ActivityPub.delete(object) do
@@ -396,7 +399,7 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Web.ActivityPub.ActivityPubController do
     end
   end
 
-  def handle_user_activity(user, %{"type" => "Like"} = params) do
+  defp handle_user_activity(user, %{"type" => "Like"} = params) do
     with %Object{} = object <- Object.normalize(params["object"]),
          {:ok, activity, _object} <- ActivityPub.like(user, object) do
       {:ok, activity}
@@ -405,7 +408,7 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Web.ActivityPub.ActivityPubController do
     end
   end
 
-  def handle_user_activity(_, _) do
+  defp handle_user_activity(_, _) do
     {:error, dgettext("errors", "Unhandled activity type")}
   end
 
diff --git a/test/web/activity_pub/activity_pub_controller_test.exs b/test/web/activity_pub/activity_pub_controller_test.exs
index 6ab71e2ea..c418232da 100644
--- a/test/web/activity_pub/activity_pub_controller_test.exs
+++ b/test/web/activity_pub/activity_pub_controller_test.exs
@@ -702,6 +702,21 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Web.ActivityPub.ActivityPubControllerTest do
       assert object["content"] == activity["object"]["content"]
     end
 
+    test "it rejects anything beyond 'Note' creations", %{conn: conn, activity: activity} do
+      user = insert(:user)
+
+      activity =
+        activity
+        |> put_in(["object", "type"], "Benis")
+
+      _result =
+        conn
+        |> assign(:user, user)
+        |> put_req_header("content-type", "application/activity+json")
+        |> post("/users/#{user.nickname}/outbox", activity)
+        |> json_response(400)
+    end
+
     test "it inserts an incoming sensitive activity into the database", %{
       conn: conn,
       activity: activity