diff --git a/internal/typeutils/astointernal.go b/internal/typeutils/astointernal.go
index 4c8a95dfd..e8b585f5f 100644
--- a/internal/typeutils/astointernal.go
+++ b/internal/typeutils/astointernal.go
@@ -184,10 +184,11 @@ func (c *converter) ASStatusToStatus(ctx context.Context, statusable ap.Statusab
 	l := logrus.WithField("statusURI", status.URI)
 
 	// web url for viewing this status
-	if statusURL, err := ap.ExtractURL(statusable); err != nil {
-		l.Infof("ASStatusToStatus: error extracting status URL: %s", err)
-	} else {
+	if statusURL, err := ap.ExtractURL(statusable); err == nil {
 		status.URL = statusURL.String()
+	} else {
+		// if no URL was set, just take the URI
+		status.URL = status.URI
 	}
 
 	// the html-formatted content of this status
diff --git a/internal/typeutils/astointernal_test.go b/internal/typeutils/astointernal_test.go
index 69a50aed8..d06178fb1 100644
--- a/internal/typeutils/astointernal_test.go
+++ b/internal/typeutils/astointernal_test.go
@@ -74,6 +74,27 @@ func (suite *ASToInternalTestSuite) TestParsePublicStatus() {
 	suite.Equal(`<p>&gt; So we have to examine critical thinking as a signifier, dynamic and ambiguous.  It has a normative definition, a tacit definition, and an ideal definition.  One of the hallmarks of graduate training is learning to comprehend those definitions and applying the correct one as needed for professional success.</p>`, status.Content)
 }
 
+func (suite *ASToInternalTestSuite) TestParsePublicStatusNoURL() {
+	m := make(map[string]interface{})
+	err := json.Unmarshal([]byte(publicStatusActivityJsonNoURL), &m)
+	suite.NoError(err)
+
+	t, err := streams.ToType(context.Background(), m)
+	suite.NoError(err)
+
+	rep, ok := t.(ap.Statusable)
+	suite.True(ok)
+
+	status, err := suite.typeconverter.ASStatusToStatus(context.Background(), rep)
+	suite.NoError(err)
+
+	suite.Equal("reading: Punishment and Reward in the Corporate University", status.ContentWarning)
+	suite.Equal(`<p>&gt; So we have to examine critical thinking as a signifier, dynamic and ambiguous.  It has a normative definition, a tacit definition, and an ideal definition.  One of the hallmarks of graduate training is learning to comprehend those definitions and applying the correct one as needed for professional success.</p>`, status.Content)
+
+	// on statuses with no URL in them (like ones we get from pleroma sometimes) we should use the AP URI of the status as URL
+	suite.Equal("http://fossbros-anonymous.io/users/foss_satan/statuses/108138763199405167", status.URL)
+}
+
 func (suite *ASToInternalTestSuite) TestParseGargron() {
 	m := make(map[string]interface{})
 	err := json.Unmarshal([]byte(gargronAsActivityJson), &m)
diff --git a/internal/typeutils/converter_test.go b/internal/typeutils/converter_test.go
index c77a10844..d85cb1b16 100644
--- a/internal/typeutils/converter_test.go
+++ b/internal/typeutils/converter_test.go
@@ -367,6 +367,53 @@ const (
 		}
 	  }	  
 	`
+	publicStatusActivityJsonNoURL = `
+	{
+		"@context": [
+		  "https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams",
+		  {
+			"ostatus": "http://ostatus.org#",
+			"atomUri": "ostatus:atomUri",
+			"inReplyToAtomUri": "ostatus:inReplyToAtomUri",
+			"conversation": "ostatus:conversation",
+			"sensitive": "as:sensitive",
+			"toot": "http://joinmastodon.org/ns#",
+			"votersCount": "toot:votersCount"
+		  }
+		],
+		"id": "http://fossbros-anonymous.io/users/foss_satan/statuses/108138763199405167",
+		"type": "Note",
+		"summary": "reading: Punishment and Reward in the Corporate University",
+		"inReplyTo": "http://fossbros-anonymous.io/users/foss_satan/statuses/108138729399508469",
+		"published": "2022-04-15T23:49:37Z",
+		"attributedTo": "http://fossbros-anonymous.io/users/foss_satan",
+		"to": [
+		  "https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams#Public"
+		],
+		"cc": [
+		  "http://fossbros-anonymous.io/users/foss_satan/followers"
+		],
+		"sensitive": true,
+		"atomUri": "http://fossbros-anonymous.io/users/foss_satan/statuses/108138763199405167",
+		"inReplyToAtomUri": "http://fossbros-anonymous.io/users/foss_satan/statuses/108138729399508469",
+		"content": "<p>&gt; So we have to examine critical thinking as a signifier, dynamic and ambiguous.  It has a normative definition, a tacit definition, and an ideal definition.  One of the hallmarks of graduate training is learning to comprehend those definitions and applying the correct one as needed for professional success.</p>",
+		"contentMap": {
+		  "en": "<p>&gt; So we have to examine critical thinking as a signifier, dynamic and ambiguous.  It has a normative definition, a tacit definition, and an ideal definition.  One of the hallmarks of graduate training is learning to comprehend those definitions and applying the correct one as needed for professional success.</p>"
+		},
+		"attachment": [],
+		"tag": [],
+		"replies": {
+		  "id": "http://fossbros-anonymous.io/users/foss_satan/statuses/108138763199405167/replies",
+		  "type": "Collection",
+		  "first": {
+			"type": "CollectionPage",
+			"next": "http://fossbros-anonymous.io/users/foss_satan/statuses/108138763199405167/replies?only_other_accounts=true&page=true",
+			"partOf": "http://fossbros-anonymous.io/users/foss_satan/statuses/108138763199405167/replies",
+			"items": []
+		  }
+		}
+	  }	  
+	`
 )
 
 type TypeUtilsTestSuite struct {