diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 2c8f302..90ef2d8 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -56,7 +56,6 @@ axum = { version = "0.6.18", features = [
 ], default-features = false, optional = true }
 tower = { version = "0.4.13", optional = true }
 hyper = { version = "0.14", optional = true }
-displaydoc = "0.2.4"
 
 [features]
 default = ["actix-web", "axum"]
diff --git a/examples/live_federation/objects/post.rs b/examples/live_federation/objects/post.rs
index 9a08b9d..44012b1 100644
--- a/examples/live_federation/objects/post.rs
+++ b/examples/live_federation/objects/post.rs
@@ -1,9 +1,6 @@
 use crate::{
-    activities::create_post::CreatePost,
-    database::DatabaseHandle,
-    error::Error,
-    generate_object_id,
-    objects::person::DbUser,
+    activities::create_post::CreatePost, database::DatabaseHandle, error::Error,
+    generate_object_id, objects::person::DbUser,
 };
 use activitypub_federation::{
     config::Data,
diff --git a/examples/local_federation/activities/accept.rs b/examples/local_federation/activities/accept.rs
index c18945f..9305213 100644
--- a/examples/local_federation/activities/accept.rs
+++ b/examples/local_federation/activities/accept.rs
@@ -1,9 +1,6 @@
 use crate::{activities::follow::Follow, instance::DatabaseHandle, objects::person::DbUser};
 use activitypub_federation::{
-    config::Data,
-    fetch::object_id::ObjectId,
-    kinds::activity::AcceptType,
-    traits::ActivityHandler,
+    config::Data, fetch::object_id::ObjectId, kinds::activity::AcceptType, traits::ActivityHandler,
 };
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 use url::Url;
diff --git a/examples/local_federation/activities/follow.rs b/examples/local_federation/activities/follow.rs
index 865a618..51e8ee1 100644
--- a/examples/local_federation/activities/follow.rs
+++ b/examples/local_federation/activities/follow.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 use crate::{
-    activities::accept::Accept,
-    generate_object_id,
-    instance::DatabaseHandle,
+    activities::accept::Accept, generate_object_id, instance::DatabaseHandle,
     objects::person::DbUser,
 };
 use activitypub_federation::{
diff --git a/examples/local_federation/axum/http.rs b/examples/local_federation/axum/http.rs
index 3202117..fd3fba9 100644
--- a/examples/local_federation/axum/http.rs
+++ b/examples/local_federation/axum/http.rs
@@ -17,8 +17,7 @@ use axum::{
     extract::{Path, Query},
     response::IntoResponse,
     routing::{get, post},
-    Json,
-    Router,
+    Json, Router,
 };
 use axum_macros::debug_handler;
 use serde::Deserialize;
diff --git a/src/activity_queue.rs b/src/activity_queue.rs
index 6e4ad99..2c60662 100644
--- a/src/activity_queue.rs
+++ b/src/activity_queue.rs
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ use crate::{
     traits::{ActivityHandler, Actor},
     FEDERATION_CONTENT_TYPE,
 };
-use anyhow::anyhow;
+use anyhow::{anyhow, Context};
 
 use bytes::Bytes;
 use futures_core::Future;
@@ -77,14 +77,14 @@ where
         .unique()
         .filter(|i| !config.is_local_url(i))
         .collect();
-
     // This field is only optional to make builder work, its always present at this point
     let activity_queue = config
         .activity_queue
         .as_ref()
         .expect("Config has activity queue");
     for inbox in inboxes {
-        if config.verify_url_valid(&inbox).await.is_err() {
+        if let Err(err) = config.verify_url_valid(&inbox).await {
+            debug!("inbox url invalid, skipping: {inbox}: {err}");
             continue;
         }
 
@@ -166,7 +166,8 @@ async fn sign_and_send(
         task.private_key.clone(),
         task.http_signature_compat,
     )
-    .await?;
+    .await
+    .context("signing request")?;
 
     retry(
         || {
diff --git a/src/actix_web/inbox.rs b/src/actix_web/inbox.rs
index e4d83e9..d4d1abf 100644
--- a/src/actix_web/inbox.rs
+++ b/src/actix_web/inbox.rs
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ use crate::{
     traits::{ActivityHandler, Actor, Object},
 };
 use actix_web::{web::Bytes, HttpRequest, HttpResponse};
+use anyhow::Context;
 use serde::de::DeserializeOwned;
 use tracing::debug;
 
@@ -32,7 +33,8 @@ where
 {
     verify_body_hash(request.headers().get("Digest"), &body)?;
 
-    let activity: Activity = serde_json::from_slice(&body)?;
+    let activity: Activity = serde_json::from_slice(&body)
+        .with_context(|| format!("deserializing body: {}", String::from_utf8_lossy(&body)))?;
     data.config.verify_url_and_domain(&activity).await?;
     let actor = ObjectId::<ActorT>::from(activity.actor().clone())
         .dereference(data)
diff --git a/src/actix_web/middleware.rs b/src/actix_web/middleware.rs
index afa0117..2bb562b 100644
--- a/src/actix_web/middleware.rs
+++ b/src/actix_web/middleware.rs
@@ -1,10 +1,7 @@
 use crate::config::{Data, FederationConfig, FederationMiddleware};
 use actix_web::{
     dev::{forward_ready, Payload, Service, ServiceRequest, ServiceResponse, Transform},
-    Error,
-    FromRequest,
-    HttpMessage,
-    HttpRequest,
+    Error, FromRequest, HttpMessage, HttpRequest,
 };
 use std::future::{ready, Ready};
 
diff --git a/src/error.rs b/src/error.rs
index 0cb7ed1..22b0401 100644
--- a/src/error.rs
+++ b/src/error.rs
@@ -1,27 +1,33 @@
 //! Error messages returned by this library
 
-use displaydoc::Display;
-
 /// Error messages returned by this library
-#[derive(thiserror::Error, Debug, Display)]
+#[derive(thiserror::Error, Debug)]
 pub enum Error {
     /// Object was not found in local database
+    #[error("Object was not found in local database")]
     NotFound,
     /// Request limit was reached during fetch
+    #[error("Request limit was reached during fetch")]
     RequestLimit,
     /// Response body limit was reached during fetch
+    #[error("Response body limit was reached during fetch")]
     ResponseBodyLimit,
     /// Object to be fetched was deleted
+    #[error("Object to be fetched was deleted")]
     ObjectDeleted,
-    /// {0}
+    /// url verification error
+    #[error("{0}")]
     UrlVerificationError(&'static str),
     /// Incoming activity has invalid digest for body
+    #[error("Incoming activity has invalid digest for body")]
     ActivityBodyDigestInvalid,
     /// Incoming activity has invalid signature
+    #[error("Incoming activity has invalid signature")]
     ActivitySignatureInvalid,
     /// Failed to resolve actor via webfinger
+    #[error("Failed to resolve actor via webfinger")]
     WebfingerResolveFailed,
-    /// Other errors which are not explicitly handled
+    /// other error
     #[error(transparent)]
     Other(#[from] anyhow::Error),
 }
diff --git a/src/fetch/mod.rs b/src/fetch/mod.rs
index 7a9734c..5faadcd 100644
--- a/src/fetch/mod.rs
+++ b/src/fetch/mod.rs
@@ -3,10 +3,7 @@
 #![doc = include_str!("../../docs/07_fetching_data.md")]
 
 use crate::{
-    config::Data,
-    error::Error,
-    http_signatures::sign_request,
-    reqwest_shim::ResponseExt,
+    config::Data, error::Error, http_signatures::sign_request, reqwest_shim::ResponseExt,
     FEDERATION_CONTENT_TYPE,
 };
 use bytes::Bytes;
diff --git a/src/http_signatures.rs b/src/http_signatures.rs
index 19cf319..0b9d06c 100644
--- a/src/http_signatures.rs
+++ b/src/http_signatures.rs
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ use crate::{
     protocol::public_key::main_key_id,
     traits::{Actor, Object},
 };
+use anyhow::Context;
 use base64::{engine::general_purpose::STANDARD as Base64, Engine};
 use bytes::Bytes;
 use http::{header::HeaderName, uri::PathAndQuery, HeaderValue, Method, Uri};
@@ -102,10 +103,14 @@ pub(crate) async fn sign_request(
             Sha256::new(),
             activity,
             move |signing_string| {
-                let mut signer = Signer::new(MessageDigest::sha256(), &private_key)?;
-                signer.update(signing_string.as_bytes())?;
+                let mut signer = Signer::new(MessageDigest::sha256(), &private_key)
+                    .context("instantiating signer")?;
+                signer
+                    .update(signing_string.as_bytes())
+                    .context("updating signer")?;
 
-                Ok(Base64.encode(signer.sign_to_vec()?)) as Result<_, anyhow::Error>
+                Ok(Base64.encode(signer.sign_to_vec().context("sign to vec")?))
+                    as Result<_, anyhow::Error>
             },
         )
         .await