diff --git a/lib/pleroma/web/activity_pub/mrf.ex b/lib/pleroma/web/activity_pub/mrf.ex
index 3bf7955f3..10ceef715 100644
--- a/lib/pleroma/web/activity_pub/mrf.ex
+++ b/lib/pleroma/web/activity_pub/mrf.ex
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@
 defmodule Pleroma.Web.ActivityPub.MRF do
   @callback filter(Map.t()) :: {:ok | :reject, Map.t()}
 
-  def filter(object) do
-    get_policies()
+  def filter(policies, %{} = object) do
+    policies
     |> Enum.reduce({:ok, object}, fn
       policy, {:ok, object} ->
         policy.filter(object)
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Web.ActivityPub.MRF do
     end)
   end
 
+  def filter(%{} = object), do: get_policies() |> filter(object)
+
   def get_policies do
     Pleroma.Config.get([:instance, :rewrite_policy], []) |> get_policies()
   end