diff --git a/app/boxes.py b/app/boxes.py
index 5467d10..efa2e5b 100644
--- a/app/boxes.py
+++ b/app/boxes.py
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ from app.actor import fetch_actor
 from app.httpsig import k
 
 import app.activitypub as ap
+from app.hyap import post # type: ignore
 
 from urllib.parse import urlparse
 from sqlalchemy import select
@@ -306,7 +307,7 @@ async def _send_accept(
             relates_to_actor_id=actor.id, # type: ignore
         )
 
-        await ap.post(url, out) # type: ignore
+        await post(url, out) # type: ignore
     except Exception as e:
         logger.error(e)
 
@@ -411,7 +412,7 @@ async def _send_follow(
         activity_object_ap_id=actor.ap_id
     )
 
-    await ap.post(
+    await post(
         actor.inbox_url,
         out,
     )
@@ -470,7 +471,7 @@ async def _send_create(
             ldsig.generate_signature(ap_object, k)
 
     for r in recipients:
-        await ap.post(
+        await post(
             r,
             ap_object,
         )
diff --git a/app/hyap.hy b/app/hyap.hy
index 5f4781c..d25b221 100644
--- a/app/hyap.hy
+++ b/app/hyap.hy
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 (import httpx)
 (import loguru [logger])
 (import app [config])
+(import app.httpsig [auth])
+
 
 (defn/a fetch
   [url]
@@ -11,3 +13,13 @@
       (let [headers {"User-Agent" config.USER_AGENT
                     "Accept" config.AP_CONTENT_TYPE}]
         (await (.get client url :headers headers)))))))
+
+(defn/a post
+  [url payload]
+  (with/a [client (.AsyncClient httpx)]
+    (let [headers {"User-Agent" config.USER_AGENT
+                  "Accept" config.AP_CONTENT_TYPE}]
+      (setv resp
+        (await (.post client url :headers headers :json payload :auth auth)))
+      (.raise_for_status resp)
+      (return resp))))