diff --git a/lib/pleroma/web/activity_pub/transmogrifier.ex b/lib/pleroma/web/activity_pub/transmogrifier.ex
index 395436c5c..a845d64b5 100644
--- a/lib/pleroma/web/activity_pub/transmogrifier.ex
+++ b/lib/pleroma/web/activity_pub/transmogrifier.ex
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Web.ActivityPub.Transmogrifier do
 
   def handle_incoming(%{"type" => "Like", "object" => object_id, "actor" => actor, "id" => id} = data) do
     with %User{} = actor <- User.get_or_fetch_by_ap_id(actor),
-         %Object{} = object <- Object.get_by_ap_id(object_id),
+         {:ok, object} <- get_obj_helper(object_id) || ActivityPub.fetch_object_from_id(object_id),
          {:ok, activity, object} <- ActivityPub.like(actor, object, id, false) do
       {:ok, activity}
     else