diff --git a/app/helpers/jsonld_helper.rb b/app/helpers/jsonld_helper.rb
index d8b3ddf18..8355eb055 100644
--- a/app/helpers/jsonld_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/jsonld_helper.rb
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ module JsonLdHelper
   end
 
   def supported_context?(json)
-    equals_or_includes?(json['@context'], ActivityPub::TagManager::CONTEXT)
+    !json.nil? && equals_or_includes?(json['@context'], ActivityPub::TagManager::CONTEXT)
   end
 
   def fetch_resource(uri)
diff --git a/app/services/fetch_atom_service.rb b/app/services/fetch_atom_service.rb
index 3cf39e006..afda50ae4 100644
--- a/app/services/fetch_atom_service.rb
+++ b/app/services/fetch_atom_service.rb
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ class FetchAtomService < BaseService
 
   def supported_activity?(body)
     json = body_to_json(body)
-    return false if json.nil? || !supported_context?(json)
+    return false unless supported_context?(json)
     json['type'] == 'Person' ? json['inbox'].present? : true
   end
 end